The Military Railway Service in World War II
... day it was moving 800 tons. During the campaign in Sicily, the 727th operated 1,373 miles of railway using 300 locomotives and 3,500 freight cars that carried an average of 3,400 tons a day to supply Seventh Army. On 9 September 1943, the Allies made their first landing on the European mainland at S ...
... day it was moving 800 tons. During the campaign in Sicily, the 727th operated 1,373 miles of railway using 300 locomotives and 3,500 freight cars that carried an average of 3,400 tons a day to supply Seventh Army. On 9 September 1943, the Allies made their first landing on the European mainland at S ...
As American troops depart Iraq after a nearly 9 year conflict, it
... willingness to sign a cease fire in July 1988, heralding the end of the Iran-Iraq War in August. By the time it was over, it had become the longest sustained, conventional war of the 20th Century. The Americans brought a close to Operation Earnest Will about five months after the ceasefire. The Wimb ...
... willingness to sign a cease fire in July 1988, heralding the end of the Iran-Iraq War in August. By the time it was over, it had become the longest sustained, conventional war of the 20th Century. The Americans brought a close to Operation Earnest Will about five months after the ceasefire. The Wimb ...
Trans-Iranian Railway
The Trans-Iranian Railway was a major railway building project started in 1927 and completed in 1938, under the direction of the Persian monarch, Reza Shah, and entirely with indigenous capital. It links the capital Tehran with the Persian Gulf and Caspian Sea. The railway connected Bandar Shah (now: Bandar Torkaman) in the north and Bandar Shahpur (now: Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni) in the south via Ahvaz, Ghom and Tehran. During the land reforms implemented by Mohammad Reza Shah in 1963 as part of the ""White Revolution"" the Trans-Iranian railway was extended to link Tehran to Mashhad, Tabriz, and Isfahan.