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Reich Rails: Royal Prussia, Imperial Germany and the First World War 1825-1918
Blaine Taylor
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Description for Reich Rails: Royal Prussia, Imperial Germany and the First World War 1825-1918
Paperback. German railroading revolutionized warfare during 1825-1918 by getting more men, horses, guns, and supplies to the various battlefronts quicker and more efficiently than any other Great Power until the Allies discovered how to do it also, and sometimes better. In order to gain the advantages over their enemies, strict timetables had to be followed! Num Pages: 208 pages, 80 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 630.
With the Great War (1914-18) Centennial beginning in 2014, this is a comprehensive study of Prussian/German railways in peace and strife, 1825-1918 -men, rails, lines, engines, cars, and stations. They all played a crucial part in Germany's Wars of Unification during 1864-71, the interwar years, and the final catastrophe that toppled many crowns, thrones, and states, all told from a railroad perspective, a unique way of exploring the history of the 19th-20th Centuries. Here the reader will also find the sagas of the other railways aligned both for and against the Second Reich: Berlin-Baghdad, Trans-Siberian, Hejaz, African, Italian, American, and ... Read more
With the Great War (1914-18) Centennial beginning in 2014, this is a comprehensive study of Prussian/German railways in peace and strife, 1825-1918 -men, rails, lines, engines, cars, and stations. They all played a crucial part in Germany's Wars of Unification during 1864-71, the interwar years, and the final catastrophe that toppled many crowns, thrones, and states, all told from a railroad perspective, a unique way of exploring the history of the 19th-20th Centuries. Here the reader will also find the sagas of the other railways aligned both for and against the Second Reich: Berlin-Baghdad, Trans-Siberian, Hejaz, African, Italian, American, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781554241
SKU
V9781781554241
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99-5
About Blaine Taylor
Blaine Taylor is the American author of 12 histories on war, politics, automotives, biography, engineering, architecture, medicine, photography, and aviation. The well-read historian is a former Vietnam War soldier and Military Policeman under enemy fire, political and crime newspaper reporter, award-winning medical journalist, international magazine writer, winner of four political campaigns as a press secretary, and a US Congressional aide ... Read more
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