Across the Three Pagodas Pass : : The Story of the Thai-Burma Railway /

Across the Three Pagodas Pass : : The Story of the Thai-Burma Railway / / ed. by Peter Davies.

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. The author, Yoshihiko Futamatsu, provides an invaluable new source of historical and technica...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Davies, Peter N.,
Escritt, Ewart,
Futamatsu, Yoshihiko,
HerausgeberIn:
Davies, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2022]
©2013
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (239 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Translator’s Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Departure for the Front
  • Chapter 2 In Indo-China
  • Chapter 3 Opening of Hostilities
  • Chapter 4 The River Krian
  • Chapter 5 The Malayan Campaign
  • Chapter 6 The Fall of Singapore
  • Chapter 7 Surrender
  • Chapter 8 Shōnan: Light of the South
  • Chapter 9 The Th ai-Burma Railway
  • Chapter 10 Preparing Construction
  • Chapter 11 Banpong
  • Chapter 12 Prisoners-of-War
  • Chapter 13 Constructing the Railway
  • Chapter 14 Thailand
  • Chapter 15 The River Kwae Noi
  • Chapter 16 The Mae Khlaung Bridge
  • Chapter 17 Kanchanaburi
  • Chapter 18 The Jungle
  • Chapter 19 From Bangkok to Singapore
  • Chapter 20 Rush Construction
  • Chapter 21 The Base at Wanyai
  • Chapter 22 The Labour Force
  • Chapter 23 Survey Unit
  • Chapter 24 Test Run
  • Chapter 25 Bridge-Building and Shifting Earth
  • Chapter 26 The Rainy Season: The Monsoon
  • Chapter 27 Kinsaiyok
  • Chapter 28 Diseases and Epidemics
  • Chapter 29 Cattle Drive
  • Chapter 30 Living in the Jungle
  • Chapter 31 Soon to the Three Pagodas Pass
  • Chapter 32 Towards the Setting Sun
  • Chapter 33 Opening to Traffic
  • Chapter 34 The Bombing
  • Chapter 35 End of the War
  • Chapter 36 Internment
  • Chapter 37 Repatriation
  • Footnote
  • Postscript
  • End Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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