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United States Army Logistics: The Normandy Campaign, 1944


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The U.S. Army supply organization for the Normandy Invasion, although very impressive, should have done a better job in the summer of 1944. The supply system suffered from several serious shortcomings which should have been avoided. The purpose of this work is to examine an aspect of military history which, as many military historians have pointed out, has received little attention. As the Gulf War demonstrated, logistics, the supplying of armies, is crucial to achieving victory.

Table of Contents:

Illustrations
Introduction
The "Complicated Set-Up": Establishing the Supply System
Landing Craft and Wool Drawers: The Logistical Plans
Over the Beach: Distribution Difficulties, June-July 1944
BARs and Mortar Shells: Supply Shortages in the Hedgerows
Confusion Continues: The Communications Zone on the Continent
Across France: Distribution Difficulties, August-September 1944
Gasoline and More: Supply Shortages During the Pursuit
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index



About the Author :
STEVE R. WADDELL is Associate Professor of History at the United States Military Academy. He has published in the journal Soviet Armed Forces Review Annual and in a number of co-authored works relating to Soviet technology and its military applications for the Center for Strategic Technology, Texas A&M University. He has also contributed to the Reference Guide to the U.S. Military.

Review :
?This excellent book will certainly inform, or remind, readers that it takes much more than a grease pencil on an operations overlay to conduct military operations.?-Infantry ?Waddell has produced a well-written account, supporting his arguments with graphs, charts, statistics, and tables. His maps of the Normandy campaign are among the best to appear in any work on WW II. The bibliography and documentation are excellent. Waddell has taken information widely scattered in biographies, memoirs, and general accounts of the war and gathered it into one volume. This work stands alone. Clearly it is not for the novice, but rather for history graduate students and faculty. It will find a place in research libraries and also, one hopes, military academies.?-Choice "This excellent book will certainly inform, or remind, readers that it takes much more than a grease pencil on an operations overlay to conduct military operations."-Infantry "Waddell has produced a well-written account, supporting his arguments with graphs, charts, statistics, and tables. His maps of the Normandy campaign are among the best to appear in any work on WW II. The bibliography and documentation are excellent. Waddell has taken information widely scattered in biographies, memoirs, and general accounts of the war and gathered it into one volume. This work stands alone. Clearly it is not for the novice, but rather for history graduate students and faculty. It will find a place in research libraries and also, one hopes, military academies."-Choice


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780313290541
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The Normandy Campaign, 1944
  • ISBN-10: 0313290547
  • Publisher Date: 30 Nov 1994
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 216


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