Railway Workers in the Resistance by Maurice Choury

The story of French railway workers in the Resistance by Maurice Choury, heroes of the Battle of the Rails.

The Railway Workers Who Sabotaged the Nazi War Machine

This essential work explores:

• The Battle of the Rails: Railway workers' sabotage against German occupation
• Railway workers' unions: From Vichy unions to resistance networks
• Sabotage operations: Derailments, explosions and disruption of German logistics
• Intelligence gathering: Railway workers as informants for the Allies
• The smugglers: Helping fugitives, Jews and Allied airmen escape
• Gestapo repression: Arrests, deportations and executions
• The Liberation of Paris: Railway workers' strike and the insurrection
• ANCAC: The National Association of Railway Resistance Fighters

Maurice Choury pays tribute to these courageous railway workers who, at the risk of their lives, sabotaged the Nazi war machine and contributed to the Liberation of France. A moving account of working-class resistance and patriotism.

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