Steaming To Victory: How Britain&Apos S Railways Won The War Michael Williams Arrow Books Ltd Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

In The Seven Decades Since Darkest Moments Of Second World War It Seems Every Tenebrous Corner Conflict Has Been Laid Bare Prodded And Examined From Perspective Military Social History But There Is A Story That Hitherto Largely Overlooked Tale Quiet Heroism Ordinary People Who Fought With Enormous Self-Sacrifice Not Tanks Guns Elbow Grease Determination British Railways Above All Extraordinary Men Women Kept Them Running 1939 To 1945 Churchill Himself Certainly Did Underestimate Their Importance Wartime When 1943 He Praised ‘The Unwavering Courage Constant Resourcefulness Railwaymen Ranks Contributing So Towards Final Victory ’ What Railway System During Was Lifeline Nation Replacing Vulnerable Road Transport Merchant Shipping Mobilised Troops Transported Munitions Evacuated Children Cities Vital Food Supplies Moving Where Other Forms Failed Performed Outstanding Acts Nearly 400 Workers Were Killed At Posts Another 2 Injured Line Duty 3 500 Died Action Trains Themselves Played Just As Role Famous Flying Scotsman Train Delivered Its Passengers Safety After Being Pounded By German Bombers Strafed Gunfire Air Astonishing Feats Engineering Restoring Tracks Within Hours Bridges Viaducts Days Millions Work Each Day Sheltered On Underground Platforms Night Refuge Bombs Without Would Have No Dunkirk Evacuation D-Day Michael Williams Author Celebrated Book Slow Written An Important Timely Using Original Research Over Hundred New Personal Interviews This Σελίδες: Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm