The Story of the WW2 Death Railway | HellFire Pass

[@Kickergrrl]

My Grandfather was a member of the 2/29th Battalion (H Force) and was one of the men who cut the hellfire pass. Thank you for sharing some of the story and footage of the area, every little insight helps to really form a solid impression of what he and his friends went through. It's very humbling.

[@lesabooth5243]

Awww .. sorry so sorry What was his name? He really needs to be honered if he hasn't already. Id at least like to myself

[@Angusmum]

My father worked on the Death Railway. During the Speedo period he worked between the two camps Kinsayok and Tarsao. The railway from one to the other went through Hellfire Pass which was the most evil, treacherous and infamous section. The Oscar winning film “Bridge on the River Kwai” was a lowland camp nowhere near this most terrible place. That film could never depict the true misery cruelty and number of deaths that occurred in the area of Hellfire Pass. God Bless those who died and those who survived that Hell on Earth.

[@ReezLah.]

first time watching ur videos. A lot of useful inputs. I enjoyed it a lot. I’m subscribing.

[@andysvehiclehistorychannel]

Magnificent video

[@Lo-ed4fq]

I used to travel to Thailand every few month before the pandemic and always thought about taking the train but i could never bring myself to. My grand uncle,my grandmother's younger brother was take by the Japanese to build the railway and no one knew what happened to him.He never came home.Her oldest sister became a comfort woman to japanese higher ranking officers. When i was young,i used to play with the japanese sword given to my grand aunt but was kept by my grandmother near her bed but i didnt know the story. My maternal grandfather ran from Java to Singapore but by then,Japanese already conquered pretty much everything in peninsula of Malaya. My husband was born in the refugee camp in Thailand during Khmer Rouge before they travelled to the US. Years before i met my husband,i used to read a lot of memoirs of cambodian refugees. In some odd ways,my husband and i both connected to the same country and history. Thailand and War. Hopefully we would be able to travel to The Land of Smiles when our son got a little older and he could learn about our family history. Thank you for sharing🙏🏼

[@lesabooth5243]

I couldn't take that train either. I didn't know anyone but I've watched the documentary and movie and it saddened me so much. Captain Ernest Gordon would probably tell us a thing or two. He's my hero

[@cabamama]

Happy I found your channel.I love history so I like all travel videos. I have been to Kanchanaburi and I loved it.

[@Black_Country_Chad]

My great uncle was a pow he is buried at kanchanaburi war cemetery plot 8.c.32 he served in 1st battalion Leicestershire regiment (british army) pte Francis george element died 20th December 1942 with dysentery and malaria aged 25 thank you for the video much appreciated 👏👍

[@JaYoeNation]

Wow. That’s amazing. Think of all the relatives there

[@sdarby811]

My great uncle died building the railway. He was also with the 1st Leicestershire.

[@michaelpoole7346]

Just been through the cemetery and It brought a feeling of great sadness.....however hellfire pass was different....to me it seems like the horror and pain seems to have seeped into the jungle and is still there.....i left feeling angry....not what i expected. May your family rest in peace.

[@montlejohnbojangles8937]

This was a really amazing bit of history to explore, and you did it with a lot of heart. My grandfather Langdon was part of H force, who were sent to join D force in cutting the hell fire pass. The scars of the war sadly never left him, and he took his own life after a horrific struggle with PTSD some years afterwards. I never got to meet him.

[@lesabooth5243]

Sooo sad .. but thank you. What was his full name. Where is he buried. He must be acknowledged and honered

[@ivanys76]

Excellent story about one of the darkest time in history. Thanks, glad to see you back.

[@zawest2011MoBiLe]

I appreciate your educational portion of videos. It allows me to share history about other areas of the world other than we're what we're currently experiencing now.

[@MightySteve001]

This is one of your best video you have posted. It very educational and enjoyable to watch on Sunday morning.

[@stevo3644]

My uncle died as a pow in another part of the pacific and I find these videos very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@awesomepakistan051]

I have been to Death railway and also visited helfire pass back in 2016

[@TheBradylands]

Another great video so interesting, I wish it was longer.

[@jasminerose8137]

Thank you for filming this and for the valuable info! Amazing that you’re biking around the world 💖🌳🌲🌲

[@telegraphdude6823]

You must have been there mid-2019 when they closed the trail due to some rock slides. Luckily they re-opened it later in the year so my wife and I were able to hike it end of December. We hiked pretty far, at least a few kilometers. Very interesting hike !

[@ReezLah.]

Is it still open now?

[@gunnerman2452]

I was up there on the 12th November 2019 and laid a wreath from the Dunoon Veterens Assc. Extrodinary adventure. Sad.....very sad. You can see it at 11.58. God bless all who suffered here

[@jirayuchanthongkaew5371]

The plant is a fern called staghorn fern and it grows on other trees. Nice video krub

[@anson1l]

This is very well made. I learn so much. Thank you.

[@theHexagrammo]

Wonderful episode. Thank you.

[@juliemcgugan1244]

My Grandad was brought to Singapore after breaking his leg in action, in the Asia Pacific Region. He started his healing process there, got up to mischief in Changi hospital with other patients, including escaping the grounds on movie nights, to go for a few bevvies in a pub down the road. Luckily, he was shipped home to finish his recuperation, before the Japanese invasion.

[@puggsincyberspace]

These last 2 have been some of your best work...

[@kathbowers8257]

Very interesting place to remember! JaYoe

[@davefogelstrom8940]

Fascinating story. Thanks.

[@joefenech6839]

Great video, Matt!

[@dennissmith9576]

Matt I think the plant that you were asking about is called a stag horn plant. They usually house a variety of insect and ants so be careful poking them.

[@kjevers1]

Very interesting video Matt. You are going to have a rough couple of weeks, when you get back on the road. You were huffing and puffing pretty hard there. God speed and good luck to you.🤙

[@BigGP100]

I'm sure he'll be fine. I can speak from experience that it can be harder to hike a few miles through rough terrain than to ride all day. Depends on what your body is accustomed to.

[@xberttraveler2032]

Great video tour Matt.

[@seansarto]

Great job, Matt!

[@DanniChan_Worldwide]

Yesterday, 24 April, I was at the 2024 ANZAC Day Memorial ceremony at Hellfire Pass. I'm a USMC veteran and the entire experience touched me deeply.

[@jeffbrooks8024]

Staghorn fern by the looks

[@Nilguiri]

Interesting episode, Matt.

[@ZacVaper]

The whole line should be reopened to honor the men who made it and died for it.

[@mickmcarthur3485]

Hi Matt I had to read this book at school in year 9(1968/69) I hated it and the damn railway my stepfather loved it he was reading it more than me and when it came to doing the book report he told me what to write for it I couldn't even watch the movie for years after when I did eventually watch it was really good movie, Sir Alex Gunness as Nicolson was fantastic

[@andrewhall127]

Very good Matt

[@JaYoeNation]

Thanks boss

[@Its_just_me_again]

great vid - love the bloopers :)

[@frankliu9320]

Very very interesting, good video, we would not know that part of history without you walk into the death railway, Japanese tried and failed in attempting reach the border of India, I remember that they massed 350,000 soldiers in Burma (Myanmar), big lost there.

[@ThaiWithSarah]

Very nice video 👍

[@herethere2518]

All Human - One Earth. JaYoe!

[@MarkinChina]

another great vid..enjoyed the blooper should do more..JaYoe..

[@uhfnutbar1]

Your back man :)

[@thetaungaye7732]

Could you tell some more ?

[@jeffbrooks8024]

Read the book “One Fourteenth of an Elephant”. A great companion to this video.

[@andrewbristoe1833]

the brits looked into building a railway their but thought the conditions would be to terrible and not worth doing pre war

[@xXThePointXx]

Wanted to move to Thailand, but for reasons you make clear in this, if an Asian power wishes to take over I'm sure I'd be part of the next to build for them. Love the out takes at the end!

[@AndrewDanielartofAndrewdaniel]

I really like your channel! Will subscribe! Thanks for the G7 mark iii review. Was this filmed with that camera?

[@Angusmum]

I seriously think you have must have misunderstood something and it will be abhorrent for any child or relative of a prisoner of war to hear your comment… The prisoners of war who were taken from Singapore by train to the proposed Railway site had already seen what the Japanese had done in Singapore. Examples of the Japanese war crimes and cruelty there were the wanton executions of the nurses doctors and patients in the local Alexandra hospital…The abduction of the Singaporean youths who were taken to the river and shot dead as they stood there (a truth told to me by an eye witness in Singapore to the rounding up of his own cousin). Also the beheadings of the Chinese whose severed heads were placed on spikes around Singapore in order to strike terror into the residents. The transported soldiers (prisoners of war) to Kanchanaburi knew absolutely what the Guards were capable of. Not once did they think that being a Japanese prisoner of war was “alright”. The bartering the prisoners did with the traders once the trains reached Thailand was done out of necessity. In order to survive they gave up their last valuables and cheap souvenirs in exchange for food.

[@lesabooth5243]

Captain Ernest Gordon was a true hero and a real Christian who never lost his faith . 55 years after the war he and former Imperial Translator Takashi Nagase met at the Death Railway Cemetery in Thiland

[@Patcheong]

That's a staghorn fern.

[@derrickfelix6206]

As a world species, we need to explore, for us to survive Space as World has to be our future if we are to survive, Being of Earth we can't realistically travel, but our technology, computers, from this we will prosper expansionary. Cheers

[@derrickfelix6206]

Man. Don't you go on about cycle! Cab.train and walk, no bicycle! very, very informative Matt, missing the right accent, Mr Attenbourgh. cheers

[@kirbyt11]

JaYoe Matt .. stay safe 🙏👍 Hope to meet you again someday, we will continue our chat with a 🍺🍻

[@lauteinesamoa]

the plant is call Deer Fern

[@JaYoeNation]

Interesting. It’s not part of the tree right??

[@lauteinesamoa]

@@JaYoeNation no is not part of the tree is a type of fern that has the bark of the tree as her host to collect water from

[@o_458]

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[@scubaguy5389]

didn't we kind of get even though. two atomic bombs i recall.

[@luih5204]

Dear Matt, When you was in Vietnam, I was expecting from you a detailed explanation of the US military bombing of Vietnamese villages and cities, burning their homes and orchards with napalm bombs and torturing the Vietnamese in the American occupation prisons in Saigon, like you explained in this video about Japanese injustice and torture of the Thai people. its a great video anyway.,thx

[@jansoderman8550]

The United States committed tremendous war crimes in Vietnam. If these were carried out today, those responsible had been brought before the wartribunal in Hague.

[@luih5204]

@@jansoderman8550 Exactly Jan.

[@thehoff1793]

In light of this video that's quiet telling isn't it. Being an American he should have mentioned it..

[@mattks1001]

I believe it was mentioned in one of his videos. He also talks about John McCain in either the same video or similar time.

[@JaYoeNation]

I talked about it in Hanoi. But not enough. That’s for sure.

[@Olando89]

I don't understand the moon thing. We already did that.

[@johnhignett7707]

good view but the Geneva Convention was 1948/49

[@JaYoeNation]

ok

[@catm2454]

staghorn fern

[@xiansheng12345]

这样哦……

[@cherriemay528]

The Japanese back then had bigger egos and cruel like samurai 😑

[@coolperson4582]

im the first comment

[@Rania-of6sh]

Hi!! I subscribed:))　よろしくお願いします！

[@sosososososo4148]

Japan seems based in that era. Pows should work for their food

[@scubaguy5389]

the past is always repeated. humans are humans