JEATH War Museum

I’d like to share with you our visit to the JEATH War Museum in Kanchanaburi, last Sunday, We went on a group tour with friends and acquaintances. It took us 3 1/2 hours to travel by van. It was my first time to visit there. Someone advised me to watch the movie about "The Railway Man", which is a true-to-life story of one of the prisoners of  WWII in Kanchanaburi. It's very horrific and I could feel the gravity of suffering inside the museum.

    

The acronym JEATH stands for Japanese, English, Australian, American, Thai, and Holland, the primary nationalities involved in the construction of the Death Railway (also known as the Thai-Burma Railway) which was built in 1942

It was just after the Japanese invasion that the war museum was founded (1977) by Chaichumpol Temple’s chief abbot. It is located just near the temple grounds.  The Thai name is Phíphítháphan Songkhram Wát Tâi (Wat Tai War Museum) also known as the JEATH War Museum located in Mueang Kanchanaburi District.

JEATH War Museum is indeed a heart-breaking memorial for the people who were part of World War 2. Kanchanaburi is the only place in Thailand where prisoners of  WW2 had taken place. So if you're already in Kanchanaburi, you must try to visit here.

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It is so close to the bridge over the River Kwai, about 400 meters walk. It is worth it. There are many things to see. Plus the viewpoint is suitable for taking stunning photos. In this area, you'll also find the War Cemeteries of the World War II POWs. 

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The Bridge on the River Kwai (Death Railway) Kanchanaburi Province (late upload) 11-05-2023 (Sunday)

The Bridge on the River Kwai (Death Railway) 

The Death Railway in a nutshell is a horrendous part of Thailand’s history that was created by the blood and sweat of WWII prisoners of war (POWs) and Asian slave laborers. In WWII, the Imperial Japanese Army had taken over 

South East Asia and accumulated tens of thousands of skilled and healthy prisoners of war, who were later used as laborers to support their war effort one of the major projects that these 

POWs were funneled to work for constructing a railway. These men, along with many other Asian laborers simply looking for work, were assigned to build the railway. It originated in Thailand and cut across to the Burmese war front to aid in the Japanese invasion of India. 

It was originally named the "Thailand-Burma Railway", it earned the nickname “Death Railway” because over one hundred thousand laborers died during its 16-month construction between 1942 and 1943. Once completed, it stretched 250 miles from Ban Pong, Thailand to Thanbuyuzayat, Burma. Many more died while remaining in the POW camps until 1945.

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