This was by far the most emotional thing I have done. There is a museum at Hellfire Pass that is funded by the Australian Government. It is full of information about the railway and what the Allied Prisoners had to endure.
Thai - Burma (now Myanmar) railway was built between 1942 - 1945 by prisoners of the II World War. The Japanese did not believe in surrender and so when the soldiers were captured they were treated very poorly, having to work on the railway for 22 hour days for very little food and water. In early 1943 the Japanese with pressure from their superiors entered the stage they called speedo. This is when Hellfire Pass got its name, the Allied prisoners were forced to work 2 12 hour shifts in unbearable conditions with only the glow of hundreds of burning fires, thousands of men perished in horrific conditions during the building of the railway.

I have added pictures into the video, if you pause along the way you can read more about what the guys went though, it is heartbreaking.

I wish I has stayed longer, I will definitely return one day, to learn more.

Two films to watch are:
"The Bridge Over the River Kwai" 1957 Starring, Sir Alec Guinness & William Holden to name just two.
"The Railway Man" 2013 Starring, Colin Firth & Nicole Kidman

Least We Never Forget.

I believe there were two bridges one was a wooden railway bridge and the other is Bridge 277 that is the one I crossed?
The river Kwai is really called the Khwae Noi' but because of the film is now more commonly known as The River Kwai.
The movie was filmed in Sri Lanka, (then called Ceylon) near the town of Kitulgala not in Thailand 🇹🇭.

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