Räder müssen rollen, Die Eisenbahn im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1

Räder müssen rollen, Die Eisenbahn im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1

Almost as important as troop numbers and ammunition stocks for all powers in the Second World War were the numbers of their locomotives and wagons, the condition of lines, railway stations, bridges and tunnels. Whether hastily built light railways or the long-existing railway networks served to supply and transport the armies, their situation must always be taken into account in military planning  Where railway operations were  interrupted by fighting, partisans or air raids, the armies got into trouble and were finally defeated.

The history of the railways, their railwaymen and the railway troops in the Second World War is shown by the dramatic photographs in this book. Hundreds of pictures from the archives of the warring powers and from private collections tell not only about marches and battles in Europe, but also about the importance of the railroad in North Africa, the Pacific and the United States. Illustrations and texts give railway enthusiasts and military historians alike a lasting testimony to the great role that rail transport played in the fate of the peoples at that time.