Kanchanaburi, WWII Death Railway Museum


The image was taken at the WWII cemetery in Kanchanaburi that contains the remain or ashes of 7000 allied soldiers from Britain, Australia and the Netherlands that died whilst building the infamous Death Railway from Burma to Siam whilst in the captivity of the Japanese who quite literally worked the men to death along with 100,000 local people. Memorial plaque at the museum


Size: 5500px × 3661px
Location: Thailand, Kanchanaburi
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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