tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post6726281337170940684..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Railroads and the Great Warsnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-4252341397412205572018-02-02T19:58:43.626-08:002018-02-02T19:58:43.626-08:00Interesting to compare with a prior German generat...Interesting to compare with a prior German generation, the one that used rail so effectively at Königgrätz and Sedan.Bryan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05937099144329508708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-31146391805975056112018-02-02T13:15:23.412-08:002018-02-02T13:15:23.412-08:00Glad to see this post on the railroaders, of which...Glad to see this post on the railroaders, of which my grandfather was one. The 13th Engineers (Rwy), which handled the railways around Verdun, were also in France attached to the 2nd French Army long before regular American troops arrived.Kevin Beckerhttp://www.allaboardforwar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-39819135165929744992018-02-02T04:52:30.085-08:002018-02-02T04:52:30.085-08:00In the military mind, logistics take centre stage,...In the military mind, logistics take centre stage, but the arm-chair warrior mainly focusses on how battles unfold. For the latter, rear area activities are hardly ever considered. So railways, to amplify Mr Thompson's comment, are not the only "essential service" to have been largely ignored in popular accounts of the war. But at least the British Official History was decent enoughBrian Culrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11390126357296486971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-14753251170043040952018-02-01T18:25:17.887-08:002018-02-01T18:25:17.887-08:00This account about railroads in WW I, is often a h...This account about railroads in WW I, is often a hidden story of WW I, amidst all the stories of battles. It is the huge story of logistics in war (beans, bullets, fuel), the SOS troops, and the trains that transported troops and material from seaports to the front to fight the war in France. <br /><br />One aspect of the railroad story in France was the story of the U.S. Post Office's David Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539002824273503170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-54415836828113682762018-02-01T16:47:14.024-08:002018-02-01T16:47:14.024-08:00AEF Infantry (32nd Division is in my history) were...AEF Infantry (32nd Division is in my history) were put at "hard labor" building new railroads and warehouses soon after they arrived in France in March 1918. I'm sure this contributed greatly to the ultimate success of AEF forces in France.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-11575795770664734882018-02-01T11:18:17.099-08:002018-02-01T11:18:17.099-08:00An enjoyable mystery novel based on the 'North...An enjoyable mystery novel based on the 'North Eastern Railway Battalion' is Andrew Martin's The Somme Stations, reviewed here in January, 2014.David Beernoreply@blogger.com