BURMA RAILWAY


Meaning of BURMA RAILWAY in English

a railway built by the Japanese in Burma during World War II . They used prisoners of war to build the railway, and many of them died. The film, Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), is about a group of British prisoners who have to build a bridge for the railway.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.