Railwaymen in the War Tales by Japanese Railway Soldiers in Burma an

The Japanese railway soldiers, who built the notorious Burma-Thailand railway in 1942-43, earned an unenviable reputation for brutality, but they have not hitherto told their own story. This is the first book to bring to light the testimonies of the soldi

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Kazuo Tamayama

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Railwaymen in the War

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TALES BY JAPANESE SOLDIERS OF THE BURMA CAMPAIGN 1942–45

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Railwaymen in the War Tales by Japanese Railway Soldiers in Burma and Thailand 1941–47

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Kazuo Tamayama

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© Kazuo Tamayama 2005 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP.

The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2005 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin’s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 1–4039–3224–7 hardback This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Railwaymen in the war : tales by Japanese railway soldiers in Burma and Thailand, 1941–1947/[edited by] Kazuo Tamayama. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1–4039–3224–7 (cloth) 1. Burma—Siam Railroad—History. 2. Japan. Rikugun—Military construction operations. 3. Japan. Rikugun—Biography. 4. Nihon Kokuyu Tetsudo—Employees—Biography. 5. World War, 1939–1945— Regimental histories—Japan. 6. World War, 1939–1945—Personal narratives, Japanese. 7. Oral history. I. Tamayama, Kazuo. D767.47.R35 2004 940.54′2591—dc22 2004048578 10 14

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