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Where was Hellfire Pass located?

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Map showing the height of Japanese territorial expansion in 1942 during World War II, with a large hatched area covering much of East and Southeast Asia and the western Pacific, including parts of China, Korea, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and numerous Pacific islands. Japan's home islands are shaded in solid red, while the expansion area stretches from India and Burma in the west to the Aleut — Burma Railway In World War II Japanese military forces quickly took advantage of their success at Pearl Harbor to expand their holdings throughout the Pacific and westward toward India. This expansion continued relatively unchecked until mid-1942. Then, after losing the Battle of Midway, Japan was forced on the defensive.

Hellfire Pass was located at Konyu, approximately 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Kanchanaburi, Thailand, along the route of the Burma Railway.

The site earned its name due to the brutal working conditions forced upon Allied prisoners of war and forced labourers during the construction of the railway's longest and deepest mountain cuttings. It is now the site of the Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum, which serves as a place of commemoration for those who suffered and died there.1