The Liberation Line: Last Untold Story Of Normandy Landings Christian Wolmar Atlantic Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

\ Highly Original\ Simon Heffer Telegraph\ Masterful A Gripping Tale\ Giles Miltonthey Certainly Were Not Soldiers Yet They Suddenly Found Themselves In Uniform Foreign Land But As Locomotive Drivers Track-Workers Conductors Porters Signalmen And Engine Cleaners Knew How To Run Trains Their Job Was Bring Them Back Life The Liberation Line Tells Thrilling Story Of British American Railway Engineers Who Months After D-Day Worked Around Clock Great Danger Rebuild Ravaged Railways Europe Keep Allied Forces Fuelled Pushed On Into Germany Territory Taken These Soldier-Railroaders Close Behind Rebuilding Lines Putting Up Telegraph Wires Replacing Bridges Laying Track All While Dodging Bullets Shells Booby Traps Tales Extraordinary Feats Heroism Abound Including 10 000 Men Rebuilt 135-Mile-Long Just Three Days Reconstruction Bridge Over Seine Two Weeks Under Bombardment Use Cigarette Lighters Improvised Signalling Systems Despite Being Critical Victory Role Railwaymen Has Been Largely Forgotten Or Ignored Vivid Narrative Christian Wolmar Brings This Colourful Cast Generals Without Whose Bravery France Invasion Might Well Have Foundered - Course History Changed Σελίδες: 384 Διαστάσεις: 15 2X15 2Cm