Kra Isthmus railway
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kra-isthmus-railway-270-17213797
title:
Kra Isthmus railway
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The Kra Isthmus railway was a rail line constructed for Imperial Japan during World War II linking Chumphon to Kra Buri in Thailand. The railroad connected the Bangkok-Singapore Line westward to the west coast of the Kra Isthmus near Victoria Point (Kawthaung). Sir Andrew Gilchrist wrote a harrowing account of worker conditions. Malay and Tamil slave laborers were used and material moved from Kelantan. Allied bombing in 1945 ended the 11-month operation of the railroad and the Japanese switched
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Former railway line in Thailand (1943–1945)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kra_Isthmus_railway
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2024-03-20T07:23:09Z
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