The famous Kanchanaburi War Cemetery of Thailand is located 129 kilometers North West of the Bangkok city in Kanchanaburi Province located on approximately 17 acres of land. This place got a big historical importance because it is a graveyard of for more than 6982 victims of popular deadly railway construction during World War 2.
At the time of building the famous Burma-Siam railway by the Japanese a number of people were killed by the Japanese army. It is estimated that about 13,000 prisoners who were arrested by the Japanese army during the second world war had died at that time. A lot of prisoner died fighting with cholera disease. Not only that, 80,000 civilians are also being killed at that time who are buried near this region. By the end of 1943, the Japanese were able to complete the construction of long 424 kilometers long railway. For this reason, that railway is termed as the death track railway. There are total of around 6,982 grave at this cemetry. In the later stages, about 1,800 graves of the Dutch people were being identified and cemetery was formed in that place. The cemetery was named as the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery later.
So it is quite clear that the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery is the place of great significance. That cemetery carries the sign of the supreme sacrifice of thousands of people who have given their lives for the unimaginable torture of the Japanese army. Every year a number of people are found to be visiting in this place especially the foreign tourists. The students of different colleges and universities are also found to arrange picnics in this location as they have a great interest in this type of place which has historical importance.