Railway of Death: The Bridge on the River Kwai

Imperial Japanese forces built the Bangkok-Rangoon Railroad, often referred to as the "Railway of Death," due to the pressures of American advances in the Pacific. The project is notorious for the abuses of both Allied POW and Asian forced labor. Learn the facts behind this massive engineering project, as well as how the 1957 Oscar-winning film, Bridge on the River Kwai, took liberties with the story.