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The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957 film directed by David Lean

WW II Japanese Thai-Burma railway

Phayathonezu (; ; ) is a town in the Karen State of south Myanmar, close to the border with Thailand. It is separated from the Thai border township of Nong Lu by the Three Pagodas Pass. It is also the administrative seat of Hpayarthonezu Sub-township (fourth-level administrative division of Myanmar) in Kyain Seikgyi Township, Kawkareik District of Kayin State in Myanmar.

To End All Wars

2001 war film directed by David L. Cunningham

thumb|Romusha commemorative image on the public board of Indonesian independence in 1985 (compare corvée), is a Japanese language word for a "paid conscripted laborer." In English, it usually refers to non-Japanese who were forced to work for the Japanese military during World War II. The U.S. Library of Congress estimates that in Java, between 4 and 10 million rōmushas were forced to work (often at low pay) by the Japanese military during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II, many of whom experienced harsh conditions and either died or were str

war memorial in Thailand

subdistrict in Mueang Kanchanaburi district, Kanchanaburi province, Thailand

JEATH War Museum

military museum

Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery

Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery in Myanmar

Kanchanaburi War Cemetery

Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery in Thailand