Christian Wolmar - The railway and war

Journalist, author and railway historian Christian Wolmar reflects on the role that trains, and the railway network had on wars and the ways that war have been fought. Rather than just ferrying troops to or from embarkation ports, Christian explains how the symbiotic relationship between trains and frontlines has shaped modern warfare. He reflects on the railway engineers who had to rebuild the tracks of France after D Day to support the Allied advance and how the Ukrainian railway today has shown that the railway is absolutely vital to the resupply of the front and stalling the Russian invasion of Kiev.