Nazi Megastructures S08E04 - Japan's Death Railway

1942, Japan has captured oil rich Burma to secure its growing empire's future. But with its navy decimated at the Battle of Midway it needs a new supply route. The result is the 258 mile Burma Railway cut through the toughest terrain known to man. All built using the blood and guts of 200,000 Allied POWs and Asian laborers. Half of them will die on the tracks or in the terrible camps nearby.