The Bridge on the River Kwai — Thailand
Allied POWs under Colonel Nicholson are forced by Colonel Saito to build a railway bridge in the Thai jungle.
The Burma-Thailand Railway — the 'Death Railway' — was built between 1942-1943 to supply Japanese forces in Burma. Over 12,000 Allied POWs and an estimated 90,000 Asian labourers died during construction. The 415km railway was built in 16 months under conditions deliberately designed to work men to death.