Hellfire Pass & Konyu Cutting plus Don Rak War Cemetery
Hellfire Pass is the name of a railway cutting on the Death Railway in Kanchanaburi, known by the Japanese as Konyu Cutting. It was built by POWs in World War II. Work was continued by torchlight at night which gave the pass its name. The museum explains to visitors why & how the railway was built.
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Bridge over the River Kwai and Hellfire Pass Tour (Code:1502)
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The Bridge over the River Kwai was immortalised by the French author Pierre Boulle and made into a major movie. The bridge covers eleven spans and was brought in pieces, by the Japanese all the way from Java to be reconstructed here. Partly destroyed by Allied bombing, it was repaired after the war.