Bkkbound04 Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 101 East- story about the battle for compensation for thai workers who built the thai burma railway. JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 What about all the POWs and other nationalities who pitched in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 4, 2007 Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 My understanding is that at first the Nipponese gents tried hiring Thais to work on the railway, but that the Thais rebelled at the way they were treated and actually attacked the Japanese garrison at a station. That caused Hirohito's heroes to decide to use Allied POWs and Asian slave labourers (mostly from today's Indonesia) instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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