Pen and Sword Books: Railway of Hell by Lt Col. Reginard Burton

Railway of Hell (1 reviews)

War Captivity and Forced Labour at the Hands of the Japanese

by Lt Col. Reginard Burton
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Found in: World War Two Books
Military Biography
Paperback
224 pages
ISBN: 9781848842991
Published: 30 June 2010

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A young captain in the Royal Norfolk Regiment, Reggie Burton was wounded in the closing stages of the disastrous defence of Malaya and Singapore. He vividly, yet calmly and with great dignity, describes the horror of captivity at the hands of the Japanese. After initial confusion, the true nature of their captors emerged as, increasingly debilitated, the POWs were forced into back-breaking work. This was only a taste of what was to come. After a horrific journey in overcrowded cattle trucks, Burton and his dwindling band of colleagues were put to work building the notorious Burma Railway. Somehow he survived to tell this moving and shocking story.

Railway of Hell is not so much about the building of the Burma-Siam railway as it is about the existence of the men who built it. Constructing a railway is a project. It has a... [read full review]