Christian Wolmar has written for every national newspaper and appears frequently on TV and radio as a commentator on transport issues. His previous books include the widely acclaimed The Subterranean Railway; Fire and Steam; Blood, Iron and Gold; Engines of War; The Great Railway Revolution; To the Edge of the World; Railways and the Raj; Cathedrals of Steam; and British Rail.

Highly original... Wolmar, a respected transport historian, tells the story of British and American engineers imported into liberated France to rebuild the railways essential to the progress of the invasion and the recovery of the country

• 1: The Biggest Task 2: Destruction 3: First Tracks 4: The Greatest Task 5: All Aboard to Paris 6: Railways Everywhere 7: Lifesavers - But Not Always 8: Waiting for Antwerp 9: Hitler's Last Throw 10: Take Over Epilogue: Peace. But Railways Work to the End

Christian Wolmar has written for every national newspaper and appears frequently on TV and radio as a commentator on transport issues. His previous books include the widely acclaimed The Subterranean Railway; Fire and Steam; Blood, Iron and Gold; Engines of War; The Great Railway Revolution; To the Edge of the World; Railways and the Raj; Cathedrals of Steam; and British Rail.

Highly original... Wolmar, a respected transport historian, tells the story of British and American engineers imported into liberated France to rebuild the railways essential to the progress of the invasion and the recovery of the country

• 1: The Biggest Task 2: Destruction 3: First Tracks 4: The Greatest Task 5: All Aboard to Paris 6: Railways Everywhere 7: Lifesavers - But Not Always 8: Waiting for Antwerp 9: Hitler's Last Throw 10: Take Over Epilogue: Peace. But Railways Work to the End