Animals in World War 1: Horses, Pigeons and Dogs at the Front
Roughly 8 million horses, mules and donkeys, over 100,000 homing pigeons and tens of thousands of dogs: how animals carried the logistics, communications and medicine of 1914-1918.
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WW1 Railways and the Schlieffen Plan: How Train Timetables Decided the War
Mobilization in 1914 ran to the minute: 11,000 troop trains, 6 weeks to beat France, and two incompatible track gauges. How railways decided World War 1.
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Real-time marching, timing, concentration of force, and front-line logistics - how to move armies in Frontkrieg effectively.
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