Railway sabotage during World War II
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Railway sabotage was one of the main tactics used by the resistance to German occupation during World War II.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Partisans and rail workers used sabotage to harass and confuse the invaders, misdirect, destroy, and lose their troops and supplies, and to damage railroad infrastructure, denying the occupiers its use.
The new methods of mobile war heavily relied on military logistics, for fuel, food, ammunition and other supplies. Germany was especially dependent on Deutsche Reichsbahn and captured railways on the Eastern Front of World War II, fuel being scarce for road transport and horses in World War II died at a high rate, as in earlier wars.
Gordon L. Rottman noted that "railroad sabotage was one of the most frequent partisan activities in all theaters of the war".[8] In addition to violent attacks by organized resistance, acts of rail-related sabotage also included actions by railway workers such as causing minor accidents and delays, misdirecting and misrouting trains, and other similar acts.[9]