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« on: September 28, 2008, 08:39:46 PM »
I guess this is the right topic for this question.....and, if it has been asked and explained before, forgive me but I did not see it. My question is about the specifications for the construction of the Russian railway. Why did they not make the size of the rails compatible with the rails in the rest of Europe......such as Germany. The fact that the two countries had different size rails was an enormous drawback in war time as well as peace time. If the Russsian army had been successful in penetrating deeply into Germany or any other part of the war areas.......it would have been difficult to transport soldiers as well as supplies beyond their own borders. What were they thinking?