Great War Railwaymen

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Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1910500097
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Great War Railwaymen by : Jeremy Higgins

Download or read book Great War Railwaymen written by Jeremy Higgins and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The railways were intrinsic to fighting the First World War, whether at home or abroad. On the Western Front and beyond trains ferried men and supplies to and from the front on a staggering scale, ensuring that the war machine functioned without pause. Back in Britain, the railway network shipped millions of tonnes of war material from the factories to the ports, becoming the lifeblood of the war effort. Great War Railwaymen details this incredible achievement, exploring not only the vast infrastructure, but also those who operated it. Despite the importance of the railways, many of those involved in the industry went off to fight in the mud and trenches, on the world's oceans, or in the skies above war torn Europe. Between them, they were awarded 2500 Military medals, 44 Distinguished Conduct Medals, 27 Military Crosses and 6 Victoria Crosses. This is their story. Meticulously researched and lovingly produced, Jeremy Higgins narrates the fascinating stories of over a thousand of these men, vividly capturing their wartime experiences and pressing home the vital importance of the railways, and those that ran them, to the Allied victory in the First World War.

Railwaymen in the War

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Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023028826X
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis Railwaymen in the War by : K. Tamayama

Download or read book Railwaymen in the War written by K. Tamayama and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-11-30 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Japanese railway soldiers, who built the notorious Burma-Thailand railway in 1942-43, earned an unenviable reputation for brutality, but they have not hitherto told their own story. This is the first book to bring to light the testimonies of the soldiers of the Emperor, who worked with 55,200 British, Australian and Dutch prisoners of war in the construction of the 415 kilometre railway.

The Railway Man

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Publisher : Charnwood
ISBN 13 : 9781444819854
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (198 download)

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Book Synopsis The Railway Man by : Eric Lomax

Download or read book The Railway Man written by Eric Lomax and published by Charnwood. This book was released on 2014 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Second World War, Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway, and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred, and unable to form relationships, Lomax suffered for years - until, with the help of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came to terms with what had happened. Almost 50 years after the war his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the Japanese interpreter, was still alive; their reconciliation is the culmination of this extraordinary story.

The Railway Man

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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039334407X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Book Synopsis The Railway Man by : Eric Lomax

Download or read book The Railway Man written by Eric Lomax and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A POW's account of war, brutality and forgiveness. Lomax was sent to Malaya in 1941, taken prisoner after the fall of Singapore, and put to work on the infamous Burma-Siam railway, which cost the lives of 250,000 men.

Railways and War Before 1918

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Railways and War Before 1918 by : Denis Bishop

Download or read book Railways and War Before 1918 written by Denis Bishop and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Great Railroad War

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ISBN 13 : 9780996696333
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (963 download)

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Book Synopsis The Great Railroad War by : Rudolph Daniels

Download or read book The Great Railroad War written by Rudolph Daniels and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War is a brutal thing. Countries clash in a grand struggle for power, while belligerent nations mobilize their vast resources to tackle their opponents head-on. Both man and machine, and the supplies to support them, must be moved in mass quantity to have any hope of victory.World War I, or "The Great War" (as it was called at the time), was the first worldwide conflict of its kind, requiring mass mobilizations at unrivaled levels. The rail systems of nations across the globe were put to the test by the war effort. Tasked to move troops, equipment, ammunition, and supplies around the clock, railroads were pushed to the precipice of failure."The Great Railroad War," by Dr. Rudolph Daniels, delves into the often unrecognized and underappreciated history of United States rail operations during and immediately following World War I. Daniels' expertly-written academic history sheds light on the profound impact that American railroads and railroaders had on the war effort. The book covers the unpreparedness of the railroads for an unprecedented war, the 1918 government takeover to ensure operating efficiency, and the relinquishment of the railroads and groundbreaking Transportation Act of 1920.Covering more than just the history, Daniels discusses the operational details of United States rail shipments both at home and abroad, and how these operations interplayed and overlapped with military operations in France and Russia. Experience the unsung war of the twentieth century - The Great Railroad War.

Engines of War

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Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1586489720
Total Pages : 739 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (864 download)

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Book Synopsis Engines of War by : Christian Wolmar

Download or read book Engines of War written by Christian Wolmar and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 739 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The birth of the railway in the early 1830's revolutionized the way the world waged war. From armored engines with swiveling guns, to the practice of track sabotage, to the construction of tracks that crossed frozen Siberian lakes, the "iron road" facilitated conflict on a scale that was previously unimaginable. It not only made armies more mobile, but widened fighting fronts and increased the power and scale of available weaponry; a deadly combination. In Engines of War, Christian Wolmar examines all the engagements in which the railway played a part: the Crimean War; the American Civil War; both world wars; the Korean War; and the Cold War, with its mysterious missile trains; and illustrates how the railway became a deadly weapon exploited by governments across the world.

Railwaymen in the War

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Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781403932242
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (322 download)

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Book Synopsis Railwaymen in the War by : Kazuo Tamayama

Download or read book Railwaymen in the War written by Kazuo Tamayama and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-03-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Japanese army unit was established in 1896. The Japanese railway engineers was a unique branch of the army which specialized in the operation and construction of railways and the employees of the Japanese National Railways conscripted into the army. This book tells the stories of the railway soldiers and JNR men during their training, their working experience in Burma, their engagements with the allied armies and their life after the surrender through the memoirs and testaments of those soldiers.

Railway Guns of World War I

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472816404
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Book Synopsis Railway Guns of World War I by : Marc Romanych

Download or read book Railway Guns of World War I written by Marc Romanych and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War I was the Golden Age of the railway gun. Even though at the start of the conflict none of the armies possessed any railway artillery pieces and the very idea was comparatively new, more railway guns were used during this war than in any other conflict. Designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare, the first railway guns were simple, improvised designs made by mounting surplus coastal defence, fortress, and naval guns onto existing commercial railway carriages. As the war dragged on, railway artillery development shifted to longer range guns that could shell targets deep behind enemy lines. This change of role brought much larger and more sophisticated guns often manufactured by mounting long-barrel naval guns to specially-designed railway carriages. This book details the design and development of railway guns during World War I from the very first basic designs to massive purpose built "monster" railway guns. Accompanying the text are many rare, never-before-published, photographs and colour illustrations depicting how these weapons were used during World War I.

The War Train

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Publisher : Atheneum Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis The War Train by : Brown Meggs

Download or read book The War Train written by Brown Meggs and published by Atheneum Books. This book was released on 1981 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eighteen-year-old boy from South Dakota travels with the rest of the 12th U.S. Cavalry to join General Pershing in 1916.

The Great Western Railway in the First World War

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Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750962569
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Book Synopsis The Great Western Railway in the First World War by : Sandra Gittins

Download or read book The Great Western Railway in the First World War written by Sandra Gittins and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-08-16 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1914 the GWR was plunged into war, the like of which this country had never experienced before. Over the years that followed life changed beyond measure, both for the men sent away to fight and the women who took on new roles at home. Not since 1922 has the history of the GWR in the First World War been recorded in a single volume. Using modern data-bases and enjoying greater access to archives, Sandra Gittins has been able to produce a complete history which traces the GWR from the early, optimistic days through the subsequent difficult years of the Great War, including Government demands for war manufacture, increased traffic and the tragic loss of staff. From GWR ships and ambulance trains to the employment of women, every part of the story is told, including the saddest of all, which is represented by a Roll of Honour.

War Administration of the Railways in the United States and Great Britain

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Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (891 download)

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Book Synopsis War Administration of the Railways in the United States and Great Britain by : Frank Haigh Dixon

Download or read book War Administration of the Railways in the United States and Great Britain written by Frank Haigh Dixon and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1918 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Rise of Rail-power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis The Rise of Rail-power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 by : Edwin A. Pratt

Download or read book The Rise of Rail-power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Northern Railroads in the Civil War, 1861-1865

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Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253213211
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (132 download)

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Book Synopsis The Northern Railroads in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by : Thomas Weber

Download or read book The Northern Railroads in the Civil War, 1861-1865 written by Thomas Weber and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1999-03-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time has been very good to Thomas Weber's Northern Railroads in the Civil War, 1861-1865. First published by Columbia University Press in 1952, it has been out of print since the 1970s, but never out of demand. It has emerged as the premier account of the impact of the railroads on the American Civil War and vice versa. Not only did the railroads materially help the north to victory through movement of troops and materiel, but the war materially changed the way railroads were built, run, financed, and organized in the crucial years following the war. We are still waiting (9/1/98) for the reviews to come from the author's files. "Thomas Weber's study of northern railroads during the Civil War remains the obvious treatment of an important topic. His analysis rests on solid research and leaves no doubt that the North's excellent use of railroads contributed significantly to Union victory." —Gary W. Gallagher (shortened) "Thomas Weber's . . . analysis rests on solid research and leaves no doubt that the North's excellent use of railroads contributed significantly to Union victory." —Gary W. Gallagher

Steaming to Victory

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409051897
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis Steaming to Victory by : Michael Williams

Download or read book Steaming to Victory written by Michael Williams and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the seven decades since the darkest moments of the Second World War it seems every tenebrous corner of the conflict has been laid bare, prodded and examined from every perspective of military and social history. But there is a story that has hitherto been largely overlooked. It is a tale of quiet heroism, a story of ordinary people who fought, with enormous self-sacrifice, not with tanks and guns, but with elbow grease and determination. It is the story of the British railways and, above all, the extraordinary men and women who kept them running from 1939 to 1945. Churchill himself certainly did not underestimate their importance to the wartime story when, in 1943, he praised ‘the unwavering courage and constant resourcefulness of railwaymen of all ranks in contributing so largely towards the final victory.’ And what a story it is. The railway system during the Second World War was the lifeline of the nation, replacing vulnerable road transport and merchant shipping. The railways mobilised troops, transported munitions, evacuated children from cities and kept vital food supplies moving where other forms of transport failed. Railwaymen and women performed outstanding acts of heroism. Nearly 400 workers were killed at their posts and another 2,400 injured in the line of duty. Another 3,500 railwaymen and women died in action. The trains themselves played just as vital a role. The famous Flying Scotsman train delivered its passengers to safety after being pounded by German bombers and strafed with gunfire from the air. There were astonishing feats of engineering restoring tracks within hours and bridges and viaducts within days. Trains transported millions to and from work each day and sheltered them on underground platforms at night, a refuge from the bombs above. Without the railways, there would have been no Dunkirk evacuation and no D-Day. Michael Williams, author of the celebrated book On the Slow Train, has written an important and timely book using original research and over a hundred new personal interviews. This is their story.

Railway Man: A POW's Searing Account of War, Brutality and Forgiveness

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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393344002
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Book Synopsis Railway Man: A POW's Searing Account of War, Brutality and Forgiveness by : Eric Lomax

Download or read book Railway Man: A POW's Searing Account of War, Brutality and Forgiveness written by Eric Lomax and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a remarkable true story of forgiveness--a tremendous testament to the courage that propels one toward remembrance, and finally, peace with the past. A classic war autobiography, The Railway Man is a powerful tale of survival and of the human capacity to understand even those who have done us unthinkable harm. From The Railway Man: The passion for trains and railroads is, I have been told, incurable. I have also learned that there is no cure for torture. These two afflictions have been intimately linked in the course of my life, and yet through some chance combination of luck and grace I have survived them both. I was born in Edinburgh, in the lowlands of Scotland, in 1919. My father was an official in the General Post Office there, a career which he had started as a boy of 16 and which he intended me to imitate to the letter. He was fascinated by telephony and telegraphy, and I grew up in a world in which tinkering and inventing and making were honoured past-times. I vividly remember the first time that my father placed a giant set of headphones around my ears and I heard, through the hiss and buzz of far-off-energies, a disembodied human voice. In the worst times, much later, when I thought I was about to die in pain and shock at the hands of men who could not imagine anything of my life, who had no respect for who I was or my history, I might have wished that my father had had a different passion. But in the 1920s, technology was still powerful and beautiful without being menacing. Who would have thought that a radio, for example, could cause terrible harm? It seemed to be a wonderful instrument by which people could speak to each other; and yet I heard Hitler ranting over airwaves, and saw two men beaten to death for their part in making such an instrument, and suffered for my own part in it for a half a century.

Engines of War

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Publisher : Public Affairs
ISBN 13 : 1610390563
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis Engines of War by : Christian Wolmar

Download or read book Engines of War written by Christian Wolmar and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic 100-year history of how trains became weapons, and transformed forever the nature of war