Thaïlande, Kanchanaburi. C'est la paisible rivière Kwai Noi, Près du tristement célèbre pont sur la rivière Kwai sur le chemin de fer de la mort Birmanie-Siam de la Seconde Guerre mondiale construit plus ou moins par les prisonniers de guerre alliés et la presse a ganté les personnes locales chargées de construire la voie de chemin de fer terrestre de Bangkok dans le golfe de Thaïlande à Rangoon en Birmanie Dans le cadre du plan stratégique de l'Armée impériale japonaise pour envahir l'Inde.

• Contributeur: Allan Hartley / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2CF3H07
• Taille du fichier: 82,4 MB (4,7 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 6000 x 4800 px | 50,8 x 40,6 cm | 20 x 16 inches | 300dpi
• Lieu: Kanchanaburi, Northern Thailand around 1995-6

Informations supplémentaires

Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.

This is the infamous Burma-Siam Death railway of the Second World War built more or less by Allied Prisoners of War and press ganged local people tasked with building the overland railroad route from Bangkok in the Gulf of Thailand to Rangoon in Burma as part of the Imperial Japanese Army strategic plan to invade India.. A few facts about the film Bridge on the River Kwai, the film is Hollywood fantasy, The British as portrayed in the film did not co-operate or collaborate with the Japanese with building the bridge, but used every opportunity to sabotage the bridge and other structures. The tide did not go out as seen in the film as the River Kwai is not tidal. The bridge was destroyed by the Royal Airforce in June 1945 not as per film as a commando raid. The author Frenchman Pierre Boulle never visited Thailand nor the Bridge. The film was filmed in Sri Lanka not Thailand. Of 63, 000 Allied PoW's serviceman over 12, 000 died constructing the railway. Over 3, 000 Dutch Nationals also perished. 133 American nationals known as the Lost Battalion from the sinking of the USS battle cruiser Houston also perished. Of the press-ganged labour force of 250, 000, around 90, 000 Thais died during construction. Only a handful of men escaped captivity, when caught they were executed. Around 1, 000 Japanese soldiers died from natural causes.

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