RAILWAYS AS AN INSTRUMENT OF WORLD WAR II GEOPOLITICS
Abstract
The article deals with geopolitical theories of K. Haushofer and H. Mackinder and place of railways in them, with a number of railway projects of the Second World War in Europe and Asia, the role of rail routes in the plans of belligerents, logistic support of front-line operations, as well as in the Allied victory over the powers of the «axis». The author draws a conclusion on railway transport mission in terms of geopolitics, state strategy and military logistics.
About the Author
K. A. Fursov
the Institute of Asian and African Studies of Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Fursov K.A. RAILWAYS AS AN INSTRUMENT OF WORLD WAR II GEOPOLITICS. World of Transport and Transportation. 2015;13(5):258-273.
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