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Rails of War: Supplying the Americans and Their Allies in China-Burma-India
Steven James Hantzis
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Description for Rails of War: Supplying the Americans and Their Allies in China-Burma-India
Hardback. Oppressive conditions, a thankless task, a theater of war long forgotten and barely even known at the time - nonetheless, as Rails of War demonstrates, without James Harry Hantzis and his fellow soldiers of the 721st Railway Operating Battalion, the Allied forces would have been defeated in the China-Burma-India conflict in World War II. Num Pages: 240 pages, 24 photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FMB; 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Oppressive conditions, a thankless task, a theater of war long forgotten and barely even known at the time-nonetheless, as Rails of War demonstrates, without James Harry Hantzis and his fellow soldiers of the 721st Railway Operating Battalion, the Allied forces would have been defeated in the China-Burma-India conflict in World War II. Steven James Hantzis's father served alongside other GI railroaders in overcoming danger, disease, fire, and monsoons to move the weight of war in the China-Burma-India theater. Torn from their predictable working-class lives, the men of the 721st journeyed fifteen thousand miles to Bengal, India to do the ... Read more
Oppressive conditions, a thankless task, a theater of war long forgotten and barely even known at the time-nonetheless, as Rails of War demonstrates, without James Harry Hantzis and his fellow soldiers of the 721st Railway Operating Battalion, the Allied forces would have been defeated in the China-Burma-India conflict in World War II. Steven James Hantzis's father served alongside other GI railroaders in overcoming danger, disease, fire, and monsoons to move the weight of war in the China-Burma-India theater. Torn from their predictable working-class lives, the men of the 721st journeyed fifteen thousand miles to Bengal, India to do the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781612348537
SKU
V9781612348537
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About Steven James Hantzis
Steven James Hantzis is the son of James Harry Hantzis, former staff sergeant of the World War II 721st Railway Operating Battalion. A retired Grand Lodge representative for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Steven Hantzis worked twelve years as a brakeman-conductor for Conrail. Both his father and his great-grandfather were railroaders.
Reviews for Rails of War: Supplying the Americans and Their Allies in China-Burma-India
The book provides a good picture of the logistical challenges faced (and overcome) by that great 'Can-do' American engineering spirit...even a technically-useless erk like me found it interesting.
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