Places of interest in Kanchanaburi
Bridge over the River Kwai, Muang District, Kanchanaburi
Bridge over the River Kwai. Located at Tambon Tha tamarind Miles from the city north of Highway 323 about four kilometers left about 400 meters separate the label and clearly indicates. The historical sites of the most important one. World War II created a second threshold by the Japanese military allied prisoners of war were soldiers Holland American English Australian and New Zealand about 61,700 people and laborers, the Chinese Yuan Java, Malaya, Myanmar, Thailand, India, a large number of the strategic railway line. To a path through to Burma The path one has to cross the River Kwai Yai is a need to bridge up. Building bridges and rail lines is filled with difficulties. Brutality of war and disease and malnutrition cause of thousands of prisoners died.
