
193 - London Underground
The WW2 Podcast
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The Importance of Railway Service in the Second World War
London underground must have had 8,000 men working just in the repair depots. They learned from the horror experience of the First World War where trade drivers were absolutely essential to get drive people to the embarkation. Without women and well, London Transport would not have kept going. And acting works the underground, not just as bus conductors, but doing some really dangerous and heavy work. If you do a tank ferry, you could do a tube train on a pavement. Graf masterman who sadly died in freak accident is called Frank Picky. He designed the modern tube train as we know it today. But he's accompanied by the Ministry of Supply - You get you working on tanks
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