Typical river house on the River Kwai

The River Kwai, more correctly Kwhae Noi (English small tributary), is a river in western Thailand, near the border with Myanmar. At Kanchanaburi it merges the Mae Klong river, which empties into the Gulf of Thailand in Samut Songkhram. Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1234 KB)This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1234 KB)This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free content hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. ... For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A waterfall on the Ova da Fedoz, Switzerland A river is a large natural waterway. ... The Bridge over the river Kwai A World War II cemetery in Kanchanaburi Kanchanaburi is both a city and a province in Thailand. ... The Gulf of Thailand is a gulf located in the South China Sea (Pacific Ocean), surrounded by the countries Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. ... Samut Songkhram is a town in Thailand, capital of the Samut Songkhram province. ...

The river is chiefly known for the Pierre Boulle novel and David Lean film The Bridge on the River Kwai, in which British prisoners of war are forced by the Japanese to construct a bridge spanning the river to complete the Burma Railway. However the bridge actually spanned the Mae Klong, but as the railway subsequently follows the Kwae Noi valley the bridge became famous under a wrong name. In the 1960s the upper part of the Mae Klong was renamed to Kwae Yai (big tributary) Pierre Boulle (February 20, 1912 - January 30, 1994) was a French novelist. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Sir David Lean ( March 25, 1908 – April 16, 1991) was a British film director, best remembered for big-screen epics such as Lawrence of Arabia. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of the entertainment industry. ... The Bridge over the River Kwai taken in June 2004. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ... Thailand to Myanmar) by the Japanese during World War II to complete the route from Bangkok to Rangoon and support the Japanese occupation of Burma. ...