The Bridge over the River Kwai, true history

[@nsminc]

Was there this past August.Got the chills big time.God bless those who perished.

[@king82599]

My great grandad was one of the people who had to build it

[@3XXKeturah]

Thank you so much for this interesting and informative video, BangkokAirportTaxi. May all those brave, worthy soldiers and civilians who suffered from Japanese maltreatment Rest in Peace.

[@MrSethticles]

this is actually the original Bridge, the other bridge mention the wooden bridge was merely a temporary bridge that was built approximately 200m up river, for the primary use of getting supplies across in aid of building this bridge. kanachanburi is such a beautiful part of thailand,

[@Aceron]

I am right next to it at the floating restaurant watching it

[@comkaosstime]

I am traveled over the river it is interesting that very few people understand the consequence of the book

[@YouknowwhereHughgo]

Its kware, like where but with a K in front

[@longchenpath]

I've traveled/worked extensively throughout Southeast Asia as a physician, and on numerous occasions I've directly witnessed Japanese backpacker/gapyear types laughing, joking, gesticulating as if playing soldier, etc, at various WW2 sites--eg Allied cemetery in Kanchanaburi, etc. Can you imagine German kids behaving thusly at Auschwitz or Dachau? Or Americans at My Lai? Disgusting reprehensible behavior indicative of how shielded from history post-WW2 generations are in Japan.

[@king82599]

My great grandad had to build it so he had to see his friends being shot and beaten

[@peterg2yt]

Siamyuth, almost correct... 'Kwaay' does indeed mean 'tributary' in Thai.. as you obviously know. 'Kwai', by contrast is an extremely coarse Thai word for the private part of a man! :-), which is why the narrator points this out at the start of the commentary. Anyhow, enough nit-picking on my part. Nice video. I will go there in a couple of weeks to see for myself. choc-dee, sawadeekap.

[@epicnerd343_7]

my uncle had too build part of of it then my family was sent to america but my uncle was never killed

[@siamyuth]

The word "Kwai" in thai language means tributary...and the real name of the tributary is "Yai" ( "big" in english) so thais called them "Kwai Yai" or in short term is Kwai... Presently thai people also call River Kwai too...LOL...555555

[@harri2626]

Before the largely fictitious book and film "Bridge on the River Kwae" came out in the late 1950s, this bridge was officially on the Maeklong River. When tourist arrived in the 1960s they were puzzled to find there was not a bridge on the actual River Kwae, so the the locals renamed the Maeklong River north of the junction of the actual river (Kwae Noi) to become the Kwai Yai, and so a huge tourist attraction was born.