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Posted: June 26th, 2008 -Bridge on the River Kwai (The Thailand-Burma Railway).
Construction of the Thailand-Burma Railway began on September 16, 1942 at two existing railroad terminals, one in Thanbyuzayat in Burma and the other in Nong Pladuk, Thailand, about 25 miles west of Bangkok, in the Ratchburi province.
As early as 1939, the Japanese had drawn up plans to build the railway, which was to provide a supply line capable of transporting 3,000 tons of supplies per day to support their frontline troops in Burma.
At that time, Japanese engineers estimated that the 257-mile line would take five years to build because of the harsh conditions and treacherous terrain. Much of the railway, particularly the roughly 175 miles of track that ran through Thailand, required high bridges (more than 600 along the entire line) and deep mountain cuttings.
The railway was completed in just 16 months when the two separate lines joined 23 miles south of the Three Pagoda’s Pass. But the cost was incredibly high.
Though records are sketchy, approximately 61,000 Allied prisoners of war are believed to have labored on the railway, including 30,000 British, 18,000 Dutch, 13,000 Australian, and 700 American soldiers.
An estimated 16,000 of those troops died, many of them from diseases like cholera, beri beri, malaria, and typhoid, most during an intensified period of construction known as “speedo” that commenced in January 1943. Another 200,000 Asian laborers, mostly Thai, were forced to work on the railway. More than 80,000 lost their lives.
The railway operated for just 21 months before it was crippled by Allied weapons, including the revolutionary radio-controlled AZON bomb. Most of the railway was dismantled soon after the war’s end with the rest lost to the Thai and Burmese jungles. An 80-mile stretch in Thailand from Nong Pladuk to Tha Sao still operates daily.
Link: Bridge on the River Kwai (The Thailand-Burma Railway). (www.pbs.org) .
From The California Native Newsletter:
The Bridge on the River Kwai.
By Lee Klein
I stroll across the railway bridge whistling “Colonel
Bogie’s March.”
Others on the bridge give me strange looks as if thinking “Who
is this weird man?” But I feel good and my whistling is appropriate,
for this is the famous “Bridge on the River Kwai.”
Most of us first heard about the bridge through the 1957 film, based on Pierre Boulle’s French novel. Set in a World War II Japanese POW camp in Burma, it is a fictional account of a battle of wills between a harrassed Japanese camp commander and a doggedly-stubborn British colonel.
Most of us first heard about the bridge through the 1957 film, based on Pierre Boulle’s French novel. Set in a World War II Japanese POW camp in Burma, it is a fictional account of a battle of wills between a harrassed Japanese camp commander and a doggedly-stubborn British colonel.
The story climaxes when allied commandos blow up the bridge.
The true story is different. During the Second World War, the Japanese planned a railway from Bangkok to Rangoon to shorten the distance between Japan and Burma by 1,300 miles. The railway would cross some of the wettest and most inhospitable terrain in Southeast Asia and require the construction of 688 bridges, but they considered it critical to the war effort.
For labor they used 250,000 Asian forced-laborers, mostly Thais, and more than 60,000 Allied prisoners—30,000 British, 18,000 Dutch, 13,000 Australians, and 700 Americans. Estimated to take five or six years to build, the project, which began on September 16, 1942, was completed after only 16 months, and cost the lives of 16,000 POWs and 75,000 Asian workers. The deaths from cholera, beri beri, malaria, typhoid, exhaustion and malnourishment, earned the railroad the name, “The Death Railway.”
The Japanese actually constructed two parallel bridges across the River Kwai, just outside of the Thai town of Kanchanaburi—the first made entirely of wood, the second made of steel and concrete. The Allies destroyed both on February 13, 1945.
In the film the commandos detonated explosive charges fastened to the bridge’s supports. The real bridge was bombed. Failing to destroy the bridges with conventional bombs (some hitting POW camps) the American flyers brought in a new weapon, the AZON (Azimuth Only) bomb. The precursor of today’s “smart” bombs, it had a radio-controlled tail and ten times the accuracy of a conventional bomb.
After the war, engineers repaired the steel bridge over the River Kwai. It is still in use. Visitors to Kanchanaburi, Thailand, now walk across the bridge (the fortunate ones having the opportunity to witness me whistling the theme from the movie), and visit the Allied war cemetery and a museum run by Buddhist monks, featuring a reconstruction of a prisoner of war camp. The monks built the museum “not for the maintenance of hatred among human beings but to warn and teach us the lesson of how terrible war is.”
The true story is different. During the Second World War, the Japanese planned a railway from Bangkok to Rangoon to shorten the distance between Japan and Burma by 1,300 miles. The railway would cross some of the wettest and most inhospitable terrain in Southeast Asia and require the construction of 688 bridges, but they considered it critical to the war effort.
For labor they used 250,000 Asian forced-laborers, mostly Thais, and more than 60,000 Allied prisoners—30,000 British, 18,000 Dutch, 13,000 Australians, and 700 Americans. Estimated to take five or six years to build, the project, which began on September 16, 1942, was completed after only 16 months, and cost the lives of 16,000 POWs and 75,000 Asian workers. The deaths from cholera, beri beri, malaria, typhoid, exhaustion and malnourishment, earned the railroad the name, “The Death Railway.”
The Japanese actually constructed two parallel bridges across the River Kwai, just outside of the Thai town of Kanchanaburi—the first made entirely of wood, the second made of steel and concrete. The Allies destroyed both on February 13, 1945.
In the film the commandos detonated explosive charges fastened to the bridge’s supports. The real bridge was bombed. Failing to destroy the bridges with conventional bombs (some hitting POW camps) the American flyers brought in a new weapon, the AZON (Azimuth Only) bomb. The precursor of today’s “smart” bombs, it had a radio-controlled tail and ten times the accuracy of a conventional bomb.
After the war, engineers repaired the steel bridge over the River Kwai. It is still in use. Visitors to Kanchanaburi, Thailand, now walk across the bridge (the fortunate ones having the opportunity to witness me whistling the theme from the movie), and visit the Allied war cemetery and a museum run by Buddhist monks, featuring a reconstruction of a prisoner of war camp. The monks built the museum “not for the maintenance of hatred among human beings but to warn and teach us the lesson of how terrible war is.”
Link: The Bridge on the River Kwai . (www.calnative.com) .
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Firman Allah S.W.T., yang bermaksud: Wahai
orang yang beriman! Janganlah kamu mengambil orang yang bukan daripada
kalangan kamu (seperti Yahudi, Nasrani, dan Munafiq) menjadi teman karib
(yang dipercayai). Mereka tidak akan berhenti berusaha mendatangkan
kesusahan kepada kamu. Mereka sukakan apa yang menyusahkan kamu. Telah
pun nyata (tanda) kebencian mereka pada pertuturan mulut mereka, dan apa
yang tersembunyi oleh hati mereka lebih besar lagi. Sesungguhnya Kami
telah jelaskan kepada kamu ayat ayat (Kami), jika kamu memahaminya
(memikirkannya).” - [Al Quran Surah Al Imran ayat 118-120]
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Baca Juga:
1214. Kemanakah Perginya Air Mandian Jenazah Rasulullah SAW?.
Baca Juga:
1214. Kemanakah Perginya Air Mandian Jenazah Rasulullah SAW?.
Firman Allah S.W.T., yang bermaksud: “Perkataan yang baik dan pemberian maaf, lebih baik dari sedekah yang diiringi dengan sesuatu yang menyakitkan (perasaan penerima). Allah Maha Kaya lagi Maha Penyantun.” (Al Baqarah: 263).
Firman Allah S.W.T., yang bermaksud: “Mereka yang berjuang di jalan Kami nescaya Kami tunjukkan jalan-jalan Kami. Sesungguhnya Allah berserta orang yang berbuat baik.” (Al Ankabut: 69).
"Sesungguhnya hanyalah kepada Allah aku mengadukan kesusahan dan kesedihanku." (QS. Yusuf: 86).
Semasa hidup sederhanakanlah
kegembiraan. Supaya wujud keseimbangan jiwa dan roh, bila menerima kesedihan
yang pasti ditemui juga. (Peceq Admin).
Mengingatkan diri sendiri menjadi
keutamaaan sebelum mengingatkan orang lain . In Syaa Allah ''palis'' sekali
dari sifat-sifat sombong dan keji. Semuanya kerana Allah S.W.T.. Amin Ya
Rob.
Perhatian:
Pemaparan tajuk-tajuk, gambar-gambar dan segala bagai, adalah pandangan
dan pendapat peribadi yang lebih menjurus kepada sikap dan sifat untuk
menjadi lebih baik dengan mengamalkan gaya hidup menurut perentah dan
larangan Allah S.W.T., antaranya bersikap dengan tiada prasangka, tidak
bertujuan untuk kebencian, tidak berkeperluan untuk bersubahat dengan
perkara bohong dan tiada kaitan dan berkepentingan dengan mana-mana
individu. Jujur., aku hanyalah hamba Allah S.W.T., yang hina dina.
BERSANGKA BAIK KERANA ALLAH S.W.T..
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