9783631829653.pdf
The subject of the book is the history of the planned use of Polish railway infrastructure during the Cold War as part of the strategic plans of the Warsaw Pact. Analysing both technical and operational issues related to railway military transportation in a historical perspective, the author present...
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oapen-20.500.12657-424062020-10-03T00:48:02Z Polish State Railways as a Mode of Transport for Troops of the Warsaw Pact Tucholski, Zbigniew History Ancient history European history General and world history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History The subject of the book is the history of the planned use of Polish railway infrastructure during the Cold War as part of the strategic plans of the Warsaw Pact. Analysing both technical and operational issues related to railway military transportation in a historical perspective, the author presents the history of the military transportation service of the Polish Army and provides a detailed characteristics of the organizational structure, equipment and tasks of the military transportation units and railway troops. The book also deals with rail transports of the Soviet Army on the Polish State Railways. The work is not only the result of archival queries and interviews with retired officers of the military transportation service but also field research of railway infrastructure. 2020-10-02T11:45:43Z 2020-10-02T11:45:43Z 2020 book ONIX_20201002_9783631829653_17 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/42406 eng Geschichte – Erinnerung – Politik. Studies in History, Memory and Politics application/pdf n/a 9783631829653.pdf Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 10.3726/b17291 10.3726/b17291 e927e604-2954-4bf6-826b-d5ecb47c6555 35 448 Bern open access |
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The subject of the book is the history of the planned use of Polish railway infrastructure during the Cold War as part of the strategic plans of the Warsaw Pact. Analysing both technical and operational issues related to railway military transportation in a historical perspective, the author presents the history of the military transportation service of the Polish Army and provides a detailed characteristics of the organizational structure, equipment and tasks of the military transportation units and railway troops. The book also deals with rail transports of the Soviet Army on the Polish State Railways. The work is not only the result of archival queries and interviews with retired officers of the military transportation service but also field research of railway infrastructure. |
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