Polish State Railways as a Mode of Transport for Troops of the Warsaw Pact : technology in service of a doctrine / Zbigniew Tucholski, Marek Ciesielski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucholski, Zbigniew, author.

Ciesielski, Marek, author.

Series:

Geschichte - Erinnerung - Politik.

Geschichte - Erinnerung - Politik

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation, Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (443 seiten) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Polish State Railways as a Mode of Transport for Troops of the Warsaw Pact

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 2020.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The book deals with the history of the planned use of Polish railway infrastructure during the Cold War as part of the strategic plans of the Warsaw Pact. The author analyses both technical and operational issues related to railway military transportation in a historical perspective.

Contents:

Developing the concept of military railway use; Red Army military transport in the final stages of the Second World War - transport-based security for Red Army operations in Belarus and the Vistula-and-Odra Region; reconstructing, organizing and developing the headquarters of military transport in the years 1944-1962; preparing the Polish State Railways network for a military conflict as part of Warsaw Pact strategic plans; military transports; military railway sidings and military railways.

Notes:

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