Railwaymen In The War
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Railwaymen In The War
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Author : K. Tamayama
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2004-11-30
Railwaymen In The War written by K. Tamayama and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-30 with History categories.
The Japanese railway soldiers, who built the notorious Burma-Thailand railway in 1942-43, earned an unenviable reputation for brutality, but they have not hitherto told their own story. This is the first book to bring to light the testimonies of the soldiers of the Emperor, who worked with 55,200 British, Australian and Dutch prisoners of war in the construction of the 415 kilometre railway.
Railwaymen In The War
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Author : Kazuo Tamayama
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Railwaymen In The War written by Kazuo Tamayama and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Asia categories.
The Japanese railway soldiers, who built the notorious Burma-Thailand railway in 1942-43, earned an unenviable reputation for brutality, but they have not hitherto told their own story. This is the first book to bring to light the testimonies of the soldiers of the Emperor, who worked with 55,200 British, Australian and Dutch prisoners of war in the construction of the 415 kilometre railway.
The Railway Man A Pow S Searing Account Of War Brutality And Forgiveness
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Author : Eric Lomax
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2014-04-11
The Railway Man A Pow S Searing Account Of War Brutality And Forgiveness written by Eric Lomax and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman. The Railway Man is a remarkable memoir of forgiveness—a tremendous testament to the courage that propels one toward remembrance, and finally, peace with the past. Eric Lomax, sent to Malaya in World War II, was taken prisoner by the Japanese and put to punishing work on the notorious Burma-Siam railway. After the radio he illicitly helped to build in order to follow war news was discovered, he was subjected to two years of starvation and torture. He would never forget the interpreter at these brutal sessions. Fifty years after returning home from the war, marrying, and gaining the strength from his wife Patti to fight his demons, he learned the interpreter was alive. Through letters and meeting with his former torturer, Lomax bravely moved beyond bitterness drawing on an extraordinary will to extend forgiveness.
Railways At War
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Author : J. N. Westwood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Railways At War written by J. N. Westwood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Transportation categories.
The Railway Man
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Author : Eric Lomax
language : en
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Release Date : 2005
The Railway Man written by Eric Lomax and has been published by Vintage Books USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
ONE OF TWELVE TITLES IN VINTAGE'S A FORMAT WAR PROMOTION WINNER OF THE 1996 NCR BOOK AWARD A naive young man, a radio enthusiast and radio buff, was caught up in the fall of the British Empire at Singapore in 1942. He was put to work on the Railway of Death - the Japanese line from Thailand and Burma. This was the most disastrous engineering project in history, which killed 250,000 Allied prisoners and Thai labourers. Lomax helped to build a radio so that he and his comrades could follow news of the war. The Japanese discovered the radio and Lomax was exhaustively and brutally tortured. One of his tormentors was a young Japanese interpreter; Lomax never forgot him. Despite an outwardly successful life, Lomax was emotionally ruined by his experiences and could never share them with anyone. ALmost 50 years after the war, his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the Japanese interpreter, was still alive. This is the story of a tragic life and a transformed old age.
The Thailand Burma Railway 1942 1946 Voluntary Accounts
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Author : Paul H. Kratoska
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2006
The Thailand Burma Railway 1942 1946 Voluntary Accounts written by Paul H. Kratoska and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Great War Railwaymen
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Author : Jeremy Higgins
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2015-09-03
Great War Railwaymen written by Jeremy Higgins and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-03 with History categories.
The railways were intrinsic to fighting the First World War, whether at home or abroad. On the Western Front and beyond trains ferried men and supplies to and from the front on a staggering scale, ensuring that the war machine functioned without pause. Back in Britain, the railway network shipped millions of tonnes of war material from the factories to the ports, becoming the lifeblood of the war effort. Great War Railwaymen details this incredible achievement, exploring not only the vast infrastructure, but also those who operated it. Despite the importance of the railways, many of those involved in the industry went off to fight in the mud and trenches, on the world’s oceans, or in the skies above war torn Europe. Between them, they were awarded 2500 Military medals, 44 Distinguished Conduct Medals, 27 Military Crosses and 6 Victoria Crosses. This is their story. Meticulously researched and lovingly produced, Jeremy Higgins narrates the fascinating stories of over a thousand of these men, vividly capturing their wartime experiences and pressing home the vital importance of the railways, and those that ran them, to the Allied victory in the First World War.
Railways And The Russo Japanese War
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Author : Felix Patrikeeff
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-02-06
Railways And The Russo Japanese War written by Felix Patrikeeff and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-06 with History categories.
This book explores the nexus between railways and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) - the first modern war, and one in which the railways played a key part. Felix Patrikeeff and Harry Shukman examine some of the key dimensions of the Russo-Japanese War, most notably how uncomfortably technological and human dimensions of Russia’s war effort interleaved in the course of the conflict. They demonstrate how advantages that might have been built upon were squandered, blunt traditional forms and habits were applied in politically tortuous contexts, and technological edge negated by the internal turmoil of a country unable to tame a process of modernization. Illustrating the vital role railways played in the Russo-Japanese War, generally considered to be the first modern, technological conflict and a precursor to the First World War, Railways and the Russo-Japanese War will appeal to students of the Russo-Japanese War, Russian history, military history and international history in general.
The North Eastern Railway In The First World War
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Author : Rob Langham
language : en
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Release Date : 2017-01-24
The North Eastern Railway In The First World War written by Rob Langham and has been published by Fonthill Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-24 with Transportation categories.
The North Eastern Railway underwent extreme change after the outbreak of war in August 1914. Within months, the company raised its own battalion of men and was the only railway company to do so. The NER also set to work adapting to the changes and requirements the war would bring. Not only would there be a drop in regular passenger traffic levels and increase in freight, transporting both war material and troops, but the workshops formerly used to build locomotives were turned over to making weapons of war. In December 1914, the railway came under attack from the Imperial German Navy, causing damage to the NER's infrastructure and killing several of its men. As the war went on, locomotives and rolling stock were sent to France to help with the enormous logistics required for operations on the Western Front. The planned opening of an electrified railway line for freight went ahead with a brand new fleet of powerful electric locomotives, adding to the company's portfolio of electrification with the electrified Tyneside passenger line and Newcastle Quayside. NER land was used to build an enormous munitions factory at Darlington and the unprecedented use of women in the work place meant traditionally male-only roles were increasingly seeing women take over and freeing men for military service.Overseas, men of the NER that joined the forces served with honour, but many were not to come home. The North Eastern Railway in the First World War tells the story of one railway's war, of how it continued to operate and adapt, and the men and women who served with the company or left to fight for the country's freedom.
Railway Guns
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Author : John Goodwin
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword Transport
Release Date : 2017-02-03
Railway Guns written by John Goodwin and has been published by Pen and Sword Transport this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-03 with History categories.
In the nineteenth century the War Office showed little interest in developing large heavy artillery for its land forces, preferring instead to equip its warships with the biggest guns. Private initiatives to mount a gun on a railway truck pulled by a steam engine were demonstrated before military chiefs in the Southern Counties, but not taken up. However, the development of longer-range guns, weighing up to 250 tons, to smash through the massive armies and trench systems on the Western Front in 1916, led to a rethink. The only way to move these monsters about quickly in countryside thick with mud was to mount them on specially built railway trucks towed by locomotives. The railway guns were to be put on little-used country lines where they could fire on beaches, road junctions and harbors. The locations and cooperation given by the independent railway companies is explained, as are the difficulties of using the same lines for war and civilian traffic. The First World War also saw the emergence of large training camps for railway men. When the war ended most railway guns were dismantled and lost in ordnance depots. The Army Council was uncertain about artillery needs in a future war, so training, and development stopped. This book largely concentrates on the realities of the time, the type of gun, the locomotives, artillery targets, locations, and what it was like when firing took place. It is fully illustrated with pictures, maps and plans covering different aspects of railway guns their locomotives and equipment.