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Trains to the Trenches: The Men, Locomotives and Tracks That Took the Armies to War 1914-18 by Andrew Roden (Hardcover, 2014)
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Without the railways for the Great Powers, the most terrible conflict the world has ever known would have taken a very different form - if it had happened at all. In a remarkable historical railway journey through Britain and Europe, author Andrew Roden tells the story of the men and women who manned the tracks and the trains, and who relied on them to get them to battle and back home again. Drawing on diaries, memoirs and archive material he reveals the personal stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, and pays tribute to their overlooked contribution. Supported with remarkable illustrations and photography, Roden interweaves memories of his own present day travels by train with diary excerpts of ambulance train nurses, returning POWs, drivers that put their lives in danger for everyone on board and other key voices. Roden takes the reader on a gripping journey, from the secret planning rooms in Berlin, through to the killing fields of the trenches, as well as the home fronts of the key combatants. Looking at defining moments of railway history on both sides of the Great War they build a unique and very human picture of a wartime railway across Europe.Product Identifiers
PublisherAurum Press
ISBN-139781781313664
eBay Product ID (ePID)209618614
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Book TitleTrains to the Trenches: the Men, Locomotives and Tracks That Took the Armies to War 1914-18
AuthorAndrew Roden
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicRailway, History
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
Number of Pages256 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorAndrew Roden
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 20 Nov, 2018
Interesting historical record of an overlooked subject. Recommended
An excellant book outlining the history of the Railway Operating, Department (ROD) during WW1. Not only with regards expansion but also in transporting men and material across Europe to the front lines. But also its activiities assisting the civilian rail networks of France and Belgium as well as its Post war operations.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 May, 2024
Very happy
Great book very informative and great picturesVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Feb, 2024
Cracking read
Great historic read about things just behind the front lineVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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