Combat Trains

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Nazi Railways
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Nazi Germany boasted that its locomotives were faster and more innovative, and this programme examines that claim by looking at the "flying trains". The Reichsbahn was responsible for .. show full overview
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The Death Railway
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Veterans and historians of the Thai-Burma railway tell the story of its construction. Built to supply Japan's invasion of India, it cost thousands of lives - both POWs and Asian slave .. show full overview
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Ambulance Trains
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In the 19th century weapons became more sophisticated and more deadly, and the results were higher casualties with devastating wounds. Trains were part of the problem but they became .. show full overview
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The First Railroad War
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During the American Civil War the nature of conflict changed fundamentally. Both Union and Confederate Generals used trains to bring thousands of reinforcements, leading to longer and .. show full overview
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Precious Cargo
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Four railway journeys that changed modern history: 24 year-old Winston Churchill boarded an armoured train during the Boer War hoping for a newspaper scoop. He was captured, but became .. show full overview
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Secrets & Lies
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The strategic importance of trains has resulted in many elaborate schemes and methods being devised to destroy them. Historian Neil Faulkner tells the story of Lawrence of Arabia and his .. show full overview
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World War One
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The story of the trench warfare of the First World War is well known. What is less well known is that the efficiency of the railway networks of both sides helped cause that stalemate. .. show full overview
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World War Two: The Home Front
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Between 1939 and 1945 war came to Britain's railways. By now an established technology, in the Second World War trains operating in Britain came into their own - bringing troops back .. show full overview