BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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Chronicles the effect that the Second World War had on the railway system in Britain and the challenges of keeping the trains running. Explores the logistics of the mass evacuation of children, and transporting thousands of troops during the evacuation of Dunkirk and the preparations for D-Day. At the same time, they had to cope with the new and constant threat of aerial bombing. The railway system, and the men and women who ran it, effectively served as another branch of the military during the conflict. Contains 104 black and white historic and modern day photographs.