Military Trains And Railways

Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476667608
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Trains and Railways written by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring 256 drawings, this history of military trains and railways from 1853 through 1953 describes how the railroad transformed the nature of warfare. Transport and logistics are discussed for armored trains, rail-borne artillery and armored combat vehicles, medical evacuation trains and draisines (light auxiliary vehicles such as handcars). The railroad's role in establishing European colonial empires in Asia and Africa is examined. Conflicts covered include the Boer Wars, the American Civil War, the Austro-Prussian War, the Franco-Prussian War, the Russo-Turkish War, World War I, the Finnish Civil War, the Spanish Civil War, World War II and the French Indochina War.

Author : William Durward Connor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Railways written by William Durward Connor and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joe Algozzini
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780897784290
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lionel's Postwar Space and Military Trains written by Joe Algozzini and published by Kalmbach Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an up-close look at the colorful rocket launchers, exploding boxcars, and satellite cars created during the space-race years. Includes photos, product descriptions, production versions, and rarity levels. Volume II of the Toy Train Reference series.

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849089698
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Armored Trains written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First seen during the American Civil War and later appearing in the Franco-Prussian War and the Anglo-Boer Wars, the armored train came to prominence on the Eastern Front during World War I. It was also deployed during the Russian Civil War and the technology traveled east into the Chinese Civil War, and the subsequent war with Japan. It saw service on the Russian Front in World War II, but was increasingly sidelined because of its vulnerability to air attack. Steven J Zaloga examines the origins and development of the armored train, focusing equally on the technical detail and on the fascinating story of how armored trains were actually used in combat. This title will appeal to armor, military history and railroad enthusiasts alike.

Author : Édouard Percy Cranvill Girouard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Railways During the War in South Africa, 1899-1902 written by Édouard Percy Cranvill Girouard and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Detailed history of the use and importance of railways during the war in South Africa (the Boer War), written by Sir Edward Percy Cranvill Girouard, Director of Railways for the British South African Field Force. With chapters on the creation and control of a military railway staff, the Cape Government Railway, the Natal Railway, all facets of the Imperial Military Railways (construction, organisation by region, locomotives, railway telegraph, stores and accounts, etc.), and the use of armored trains."--Amazon

Author : Donald J. Heimburger
Publisher : Heimburger House Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780911581607
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trains to Victory written by Donald J. Heimburger and published by Heimburger House Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trains to Victory tells the dramatic story of the years 1941-1945 when U.S. railroads, using fewer cars and locomotives than in WWI, moved more tonnage and more passengers than ever before. Divided into 13 chapters, plus a 32-page four-color section, an introduction, bibliography and a complete index, the volume appeals to railfans, historians, military historians, and many others. The 380-page hardbound book features 542 photographs, an additional 285 illustrations, a four-color laminated dustjacket and a complete listing of U.S. military camps, posts and bases as of August 1, 1941. The book discusses the implications of the war on the railroads, embarkation of troops and materiels, how the Military Railway Service joined the fight and what was happening on U.S railroads during the war. It also addresses new railroad cars and locomotives built for the war, military camp railroads, how Alaska’s railroads played a part in the conflict, how women helped the war effort, and what was happening in foreign theaters. It describes how railroads aided in the return of wounded troops and equipment, and the atmosphere on the railroads immediately after the war. Scale drawings of war-emergency box cars are also included, as are troop train car plans. Trains to Victory covers such topics as the huge Chicago & NorthWestern Proviso Yards during wartime, personal glimpses of the war from a number of railroaders and intriguing aspects of the war from the Army Engineers, Association of American Railroads and the War Department. Wartime products of locomotive and railroad car manufacturers such as Baldwin, Alco, Davenport, Lima, Whitcomb, Budd, Electro-Motive, H.K. Porter, Pullman, American Car & Foundry and the St. Louis Car Company are documented throughout the volume. Hardbound, 8½ x11", 380 pages, 825 photos and illustrations, 32-page all-color photo section, 13 chapters, extensive historical military/railroad documentation.

Author : Edwin A. Pratt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rise of Rail-power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 written by Edwin A. Pratt and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frederick C. Schneid
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472810376
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Second War of Italian Unification 1859–61 written by Frederick C. Schneid and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The culmination of decades of nationalist aspiration and cynical Realpolitik, the Second War of Italian Unification saw Italy transformed from a patchwork of minor states dominated by the Habsburg Austrians into a unified kingdom under the Piedmontese House of Savoy. Unlike many existing accounts, which approach the events of 1859–61 from a predominantly French perspective, this study draws upon a huge breadth of sources to examine the conflict as a critical event in Italian history. A concise explanation of the origins of the war is followed by a wide-ranging survey of the forces deployed and the nature and course of the fighting – on land and at sea – and the consequences for those involved are investigated. This is a groundbreaking study of a conflict that was of critical significance not only for Italian history but also for the development of 19th-century warfare.

Author : Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Railroad at War written by Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Denis Bishop
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railways and War Before 1918 written by Denis Bishop and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: