Professor Jeremy Black joins deputy editor Graham Stewart to discuss the role of locomotives in the First World War
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Soldier alongside of a train: 'To Paris!', 1914, Germany - World War I. Picture Credit: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.
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