The Story Behind the Bridge on the River Kwai
Friday, June 27th, 2008
In 1942, the Japanese army desperately needed a new supply route to support its front-line troops in Burma. Under backbreaking conditions, Allied P.O.W.s, along with thousands of Asian laborers, were ordered to complete a railway linking Thailand and Burma that would include the infamous “bridge on the River Kwai.”
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