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Siam Burma Death Railway is a Singapourien film of genre Documentary

Siam Burma Death Railway (2014)

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Siam Burma Death Railway is a 2014 Singaporean documentary film written and directed by Kurinji Vendan about the Asian forced-laborers who worked on the Siam-Burma Death Railway during WWII.

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This documentary film opens with WWII war between the Allied forces, comprising America – Australia – Netherlands, under the leadership of Great Britain, fought against the Axis countries of Germany – Japan and Italy. On such super-power Japan, which had been waiting for a long time, expecting an opportunity to materialize its plan of Greater Asia. It's Japan’s dream plan to extend its reign via Singapore, Malaya, Thailand and Burma up to India. On 8th Dec 1941, Singapore fell at the hands of Japan, which had begun the war in the name of Asian independence. Immediately, Japan decided to carry out its plan of Greater Asia. As a first step, Japan planned to lay the Siam – Burma railway line connecting Siam(i.e., Thailand) and Myanmar.

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