Polish State Railways as a Mode of Transport for Troops of the Warsaw Pact: Technology in Service of a Doctrine

ISBN-13: 9783631818299 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 448 str.

Barbara Bienias; Marek Ciesielski; Zbigniew Tucholski

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Zbigniew Tucholski Ph. D. is a professor at the Institute of History of Science of the Polish Academy of Science, a technical historian, specialised in the history of railways, transportation, industry and military technology, and the preservation of transport infrastructure and architecture heritage.