23 - 29 June 2025 - Broad Chalke, Salisbury
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They certainly were not soldiers, yet they suddenly found themselves in uniform, in a foreign land. But, as locomotive drivers, track-workers, conductors, porters, signalmen and engine cleaners, they knew how to run trains. And their job was to bring them back to life. Despite being critical to Allied victory, the role of the railwaymen has been largely forgotten or ignored. Christian Wolmar tells the thrilling story of the British and American railway engineers without whose extraordinary bravery the liberation of France and invasion of Germany might well have foundered – and the course of history changed.
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