re: #241 Sergey Romanov

Moreover, they should have destroyed railroads.

Taking out German-run railroads (as opposed to ones they only controlled, but were staffed by French or Italian workers) was very hard. The Germans set aside repair materials in good quantities, and had redundant switching and signaling equipment. A rail line is also a fairly hard target to hit hard enough to put it out for long.

Moreover, anti-railroad activities were aimed at crippling transport infrastructure in preparation for and support of Operation Overlord. A single rail line not supporting the main military effort simply was not a priority, what horrors the Germans were using it to commit. Some of the lines used by the death trains were attacked, but the Germans were able to repair the damage.