Download or read book British Railways and the War written by Fred Arthur McKenzie and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Railways and the Great War written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by London : Selwyn and Blount. This book was released on 1921 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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:
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.
Download or read book British Railways and the Great War written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Railways and the Great War written by EDWIN A. PRATT and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1912 the British did not anticipate fighting a war on their own soil, but did anticipate the use of the railways as a massive facilitator for troops in the forthcoming European war. The author had access to official information when compiling this important semi-official work, which covers all aspects from the preparations for war in 1912 until the end of the Railway Executive Committee control in 1921. In addition to a general survey there is an account for each major railway company. Much technical information is included throughout this monumental work of reference.
Download or read book British Railways and the Great War written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Railways in Peace and War written by British railways press office, London and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Britain s Railways in Wartime written by Anthony Lambert and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the long and absorbing history of Britain's railways, the most challenging years were those of the two World Wars, when they were needed the most. Transportation of everything that was grown, made, or mined, as well as soldiers, sailors, airmen, and civilians largely fell to the nation's trains. Yet the indispensable role of railways in wartime has been largely overlooked. This book pays tribute to the way railway workers responded to the demand that they do more with less resources, called upon as they were to cope with an extraordinary change in the character and volume of passenger and goods traffic, to endure dangerously long hours, and to overcome the fear of moving in and through war zones. Small wayside stations could be transformed into a frenzy of activity by the arrival of a camp or supply depot on its doorstep, while disruption through bomb damage could turn the shift of the locomotive crew into an indefinite wait for relief. Featuring a gazetteer of the monuments and memorials created to honor fallen railway workers, this book pays tribute to their heroic responses to the demands of war.
Download or read book British Railways in War Time written by British Railways Press Office and published by . This book was released on 1940* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Railways and the Great War Organisation Efforts Difficulties and Achievements War College Series written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by War College Series. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars.Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world. As with any reproduction of a historical artifact, some of these books contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. We believe these books are essential to this collection and the study of war, and have therefore brought them back into print, despite these imperfections.We hope you enjoy the unmatched breadth and depth of this collection, from the historical to the just-published works.
Download or read book It Can Now be Revealed written by British Railways Press Office and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Railways and the Great War Organisation Efforts Difficulties and Achievements written by Edwin A Pratt and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Download or read book British railways and the great war organisation efforts difficulties and achievements written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by Dalcassian Publishing Company. This book was released on 1921-01-01 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Railways in War Time written by British Railways and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book List of References on the Relation of British Railways to the European War written by Bureau of Railway Economics (Washington, D.C.). Library and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Railways in Transition written by Derek H. Aldcroft and published by Springer. This book was released on 1968-06-18 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
