Across the Three Pagodas Pass : the story of the Thai-Burma railway
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Across the Three Pagodas Pass : the story of the Thai-Burma railway
Renaissance, 2013
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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 technical reference that complements the existing large body of literature in English on this subject. Futamatsu's memoir also includes wide-ranging reflections on the course and conduct of 'his' war as well as his engineering and army experiences. The Thai-Burma Railway took eighteen months to build and cost the lives of some 90,000 people (mostly British, Australian, Dutch and American POWs, as well as great numbers of local labourers) out of a total of over 200,000, including some 12-15,000 Japanese who were engaged in the enterprise. The 'Three Pagodas Pass' was located at the Thai-Burma frontier. Across the Three Pagodas Pass is edited and introduced by Peter N. Davies who provides the back story to the publication of this book and the key people involved. This is followed by translator Ewart Escritt's original Introduction to his translation of Futamatsu's memoir which also includes a detailed account of his own POW experiences as well as his reflections on the war and its outcomes. Many contemporary original drawings, maps and photographs appear in the plate section.
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Acknowledgements
Foreword by Peter N. Davies
Introduction by Ewart Escritt
Across the Three Pagodas Pass
Translator's Acknowledgements
Preface by Yoshihiko Futamatsu
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 Sh?nan: Light of the South
Chapter 9 The Thai-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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