V6Ga t1_iykcupk wrote
Reply to comment by DownwindLegday in TIL that the southern United States converted all 11,500+ miles of its railroads from broad gauge (5 ft/1.524 m) to nearly-standard gauge (4 ft 9 in/1.448 m) in just 36 hours, starting on May 31, 1886 by 1859
They would lose defense advantage in having dissimilar gauges.
As noted the Nazis were stopped, in part, by the not being able to use trains in Russia.
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