Across the Three Pagodas Pass : the story of the Thai-Burma railway /

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"This is a translation of the only known detailed account of the building of the notorious 262-mile long Thai-Burma Railway by one of the Japanese professional engineers who was involved in its construction ... Futamatsu's memoir also includes wide-ranging reflections on the course and con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Futamatsu, Yoshihiko (Autor)
Otros Autores: Escritt, Ewart, 1905-1990 (Traductor), Davies, Peter N. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Japonés
Publicado: Folkstone, Kent : Renaissance Books, 2013.
Temas:
Futamatsu, Yoshihiko.
Burma-Siam Railroad.
Japan. > Rikugun > Military construction operations.
Burma-Siam Railroad
Japan. > Rikugun
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 > Conscript labor > Burma.
Railroad engineers > Japan > Biography.
Railroad engineering > Burma.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Travail obligatoire > Birmanie.
Ingénieurs ferroviaires > Japon > Biographies.
Chemins de fer > Birmanie.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Railroad engineering
Railroad engineers
Burma
Japan
Biographies
Personal narratives > Japanese
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Departure for the front
  • In Indo-China
  • Opening of hostilities
  • The River Krian
  • The Malayan Campaign
  • The fall of Singapore
  • Surrender
  • Shōnan : light of the South
  • The Thai-Burma Railway
  • Preparing construction
  • Banpong
  • Prisoner-of-war
  • Constructing the railway
  • Thailand
  • The River Kwae Noi
  • The Mae Khlaung Bridge
  • Kanchanaburi
  • The jungle
  • From Bangkok to Singapore
  • Rush construction
  • The base at Wanyai
  • The labour force
  • Survey unit
  • Test run
  • Bridge-building and shifting the earth
  • The rainy season : the monsoon
  • Kinsaiyok
  • Diseases and epidemics
  • Cattle drive
  • Living in the jungle
  • Soon to the Three Pagodas Pass
  • Towards the setting sun
  • Opening to traffic
  • The bombing
  • End of the war
  • Internment
  • Repatriation.

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