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The movie ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’, shows Colonel Nicholson arguing with Commander Saito about the Geneva Convention and officers not being forced to do manual Labour. How accurate was this scene and did British officers argue with Japanese commanders? If so, did the Japanese kill them?

by /u/Arisdoodlesaurus in /r/AskHistorians

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