Railways in the First World War, Volume 2

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-72068-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Modern History

This book, the second in a two-volume work resulting from a 2018 conference organized by the International Railway History Association (IRHA), examines the relationship between the railways and the First World War from a global theoretical, methodological and geographical perspective.

Although World War I (1914–1918) has been studied extensively from virtually every angle, the question of the railways has not been the subject of robust historical interest, despite their crucial role in every respect and at every stage. The war forced the railways to adopt more efficient techniques more quickly than they would have done in peacetime, to the extent where military operations would not have been possible without their massive and multifaceted help. This collection of essays brings together specialists in the field from a broad range of disciplines and backgrounds to demonstrate how this topic is integral to understanding the developments of European and world history throughout the 1910s and 1920s.

Railways in the First World War will be a useful tool for students, scholars and non-specialist readers interested in the history of transport, the history of the First World War and World history.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Giuntini, Andrea

Jacolin, Henry

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: On the Fronts  1. The Role of the Railways in the German Army’s Operations on the Eastern Front (September to November 1914) 2. Reassessing the Means of Transport Behind the Habsburg Frontlines: From Arteries to an Infrastructural Network of Transport Lines 3. Trains on the Balkan and Eastern Fronts: Front Lines in Hungary During the Great War Between 1914 and 1916 4. The Military Railways of the Salonika Front  Part 2: Beyond Europe: Global Railway War  5. Railway Defensive Measures in Egypt in World War I 6. The Grand Trunk Canadian’s US Rail-Sea Transportation Hub During World War I  Part 3: In the Trains  7. The Role of the Officers of the Hungarian Royal State Railways (MÁV) Between 1914 and 1920 8. The Burden on the Railways and the Repatriation of the Dead During the Great War: The Experience of the Russian Empire 9. A Perspective of the Romanian Railways in the Commemorative Literature of the First World War: The Disaster of Ciurea, 13 January 1917 10. Railways and the Everyday Life of Prisoners of War in the Russian Empire During the First World War  Part 4: After the War  11. The Superintendent for the Return of Railway Materials 12. Railway Changes and Its Effects Along the Austrian-Hungarian Border After WWI 13. Getting Czechoslovakia on Track: Gaining Control of the Railways in the Border Regions of the Czech Lands After Independence in 1918 14. The Reconstruction of the Steam Engine Terminals in Northern France After the First World War  Part 5: Aftermath: A Long Run View  15. In the Wake of the First World War, a New Framework for Railway Unification in Europe: From a German-Led Central European Railway Association to the Foundation of the Union International des Chemins de Fer (UIC) Under French Umbrella

Über Autor(innen)

Andrea Giuntini teaches Economic History at the Marco Biagi Department of Economics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy). His publications include La Grande Guerra e le ferrovie in Italia (2017). He is president of the International Railway History Association.

Henry Jacolin has served as a French diplomat throughout the world and was ambassador in Bosnia-Hercegovina between 1993 and 1995 during the war. His publications include L'ambassadeur et le siège: Sarajevo 1993-95 (2018) and many journal articles about railways in Eastern Europe. He was president of the International Railway History Association from 2008 to 2019.