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Thailand reservoir levels drop to reveal WWII ‘Death Railway’ station
theuknews · united kingdom
KANCHANABURI, Thailand: A depot on the infamous World War II "Death Railway" has reappeared after being underwater for decades, as a reservoir level dropped, prompting researchers to rush to western Thailand to study what remains of Nithe Station. Thousands of Allied prisoners of war and Asian laborers worked under harsh conditions to build the railway, which was used by Japanese forces as a supply route across
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