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Podcast: New Books in Medicine
Episode: Alexandra Kitty, "A Different Track: Hospital Trains of the Second World War" (Heritage House, 2023)
Description: Railroads played an integral role in the Second World War. Trains brought food, munitions, and essential supplies. They transported troops. They were a means of escape for those fleeing persecution. At the same, they were used to transport innocent people to their deaths. Yet there was one kind of train that improved the chances of survival every time they rolled through the battle-worn towns and cities of the European theatre of war.Hospital trains were not a new concept in the Second World War, but their use was instrumental in this most deadly conflict of the twentieth...