Winston Smith recently travelled to Kanchanaburi, Thailand, where he filed this report.
The deaths of 100,000 forced labourers on Japan's infamous Burma railway is one of the most brutal chapters of World War II. 12,000 Allied POWs were killed, along with up to 90,000 S.E. Asian labourers, many of whom were brazenly kidnapped by the Japanese Imperial Army in order to bolster the workforce on this doomed project.
Kanchaburi is a place or great beauty and great sadness. Join Winston as he reflects on the utter insanity of war.
I lived here for about 3 months and I understand that the locals are very afraid of this bridge because they believe there are many foreign ghosts there.
That's very interesting, I didn't know that!
Every year, reenactments are held to commemorate historical events.
Malaysia has the highest number of deaths, but there is no precise data for Thailand.