'Death Railway' memorial unveiled to mark VJ Day
15-08-2026 17:16 via bbc.co.uk

'Death Railway' memorial unveiled to mark VJ Day

Metro tracks are added to a South Shields memorial to prisoners of war who built the Burma railway.
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