pport of the Armies [Vol I May '41 - Sep '44]

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Foreword......Page 6
Introductory Note......Page 7
Preface......Page 8
Contents......Page 12
Principal Commanders and Staff Officers......Page 18
The United Kingdom Build-Up......Page 28
(1) The United States “Observes” the War in Europe......Page 30
Headquarters, ETO......Page 34
(3) American Troops Go to Northern Ireland......Page 36
(4) Establishing an Air Force in the United Kingdom......Page 43
(5) The Formation of the Services of Supply and the Activation of ETOUSA......Page 48
(6) The Heritage of SPOBS and USAFBI......Page 61
(1) BOLERO Is Born......Page 69
(2) BOLERO Planning in the United Kingdom, May–July 1942: the First Key Plans......Page 76
(3) The SOS Organizes, June –July 1942......Page 93
(4) TORCH Intervenes......Page 104
(5) BOLERO’S Status at the End of 1942......Page 116
(1) BOLERO in Limbo, January–April 1943......Page 131
(2) The Troop Build-up Is Resumed, May–December 1943......Page 137
(3) The Flow of Cargo in 1943......Page 149
(4) Troop and Cargo Reception......Page 163
(5) Command and Organizational Changes in 1943......Page 176
Preparing for Continental Invasion......Page 190
(1) Early Planning for Cross-Channel Operations......Page 192
(2) Logistic Considerations in the Evolution of the OVERLORD Plan......Page 195
(1) Formation of the Major Commands......Page 207
(2) Consolidation of ETOUSA and SOS......Page 212
(3) Assignment of Command and Planning Responsibilities......Page 220
(4) Forward Echelon, Communications Zone (FECOMZ)......Page 224
(5) Advance Section, Communications Zone (ADSEC)......Page 228
(6) Continental Base Sections......Page 233
(7) Final Command Arrangements......Page 236
(1) The Flow of Troops and Cargo, January–May 1944......Page 248
(2) Construction and Local Procurement. 1943–May 1944......Page 257
(3) The SOS on the Eve of OVERLORD......Page 275
(1) The Artificial Port......Page 286
(2) Beach Organization......Page 299
(3) Port Reconstruction......Page 302
(4) Troop Build-up and Replacements......Page 314
(5) The Supply Plan......Page 323
(6) The Depot Structure......Page 329
(7) Transportation......Page 331
(8) The Supply of POL......Page 336
(1) Earlier Amphibious Experience......Page 345
(2) The Training Schools and First Exercises......Page 351
(3) The Assault Training Center and Engineer Special Brigades......Page 356
(4) Major Exercises......Page 362
(5) Final Rehearsals......Page 367
Overlord is Set in Motion, May–July 1944......Page 372
(1) The Mounting Problem and Plan......Page 374
(2) The Mounting Begins......Page 380
(1) Tactical Developments in June......Page 391
11. Tactical Progress, 6–30 June 1944......Page 394
(3) UTAH Beach on D Day......Page 401
(4) Development of the OMAHA Area......Page 406
(5) Development of the UTAH Area......Page 414
(6) The Beach Ports......Page 419
(7) The Great Storm of 19–22 June......Page 423
(8) The Build-up to 30 June......Page 432
(9) Cross-Channel Movement......Page 439
(1) Tactical Developments, 1–24 July......Page 444
(2) The Normandy Supply Base......Page 447
(3) The Status of Supply......Page 456
(4) Troop Build-up......Page 466
(5) Replacements......Page 475
(6) The Ports......Page 480
(1) Tactical Developments......Page 492
(2) The Logistic Implications of Changing Plans......Page 498
(1) The Character of Supply Operations in the Pursuit......Page 506
(2) Gasoline—“The Red Blood of War”......Page 516
(3) Class I, II, and IV Supply......Page 533
(4) Ammunition......Page 542
(1) The Railways......Page 561
(2) Motor Transport......Page 570
(3) Supply by Air......Page 589
Glossary......Page 602
Code Names......Page 606
Bibliographical Note......Page 608
Index......Page 614
1. Troop Build-up in the United Kingdom, January 1942–February 1943......Page 117
2 . Cargo Flow to the United Kingdom, January 1942–May 1943......Page 120
3. Troop Build-up in the United Kingdom in 1943......Page 146
4. Cargo Flow to the United Kingdom in 1943......Page 152
5. Troop Build-up in the United Kingdom, August 1943–May 1944......Page 249
6. Cargo Flow to the United Kingdom, November 1943–July 1944......Page 254
7. Supply Build-up Over the Beaches, 6–30 June 1944......Page 433
8. Vehicle Build-up Over the Beaches, 6–30 June 1944......Page 435
9. Troop Build-up Over the Beaches 6–30 June 1944......Page 437
10. Gasoline Supply of First and Third Armies, 30 July–16 September 1944......Page 520
11. Cargo Transported by Air, 20 August–16 September 1944......Page 598
1. Early Command and Staff Organization of ETOUSA......Page 62
2. The BOLERO Administrative Organization in the United Kingdom......Page 80
3. Organization of the Services of Supply, ETOUSA. 19 August 1942......Page 96
4. ETOUSA and SOS Command and Organizational Structure. August 1943......Page 182
5. ETOUSA’s Organization After the Consolidation of 17 January 1944......Page 216
6. Planned Command Arrangements for OVERLORD......Page 242
1. European Theater of Operations, 16 June 1942......Page 58
2. Regional Organization of SOS in the United Kingdom......Page 102
3. ETO Boundary Changes......Page 129
4. Ports Considered in Invasion Planning......Page 197
6. U.S. General Depots and Major Training Sites, May 1944......Page 266
7. Plan for MULBERRY A at OMAHA Beach......Page 296
8. The CHASTITY Plan......Page 312
9. OVERLORD Rail and Pipeline Plans......Page 333
12. OMAHA Beach and Beach Maintenance Area......Page 395
13. UTAH Beach and Beach Maintenance Area......Page 402
14. Tactical Progress, U.S. Forces, 1–24 July 1944......Page 445
15. Tactical Progress, 25 July–12 September 1944......Page 493
16. POL Pipelines in Mid-September 1944......Page 528
17. Railways in Use, Mid-September 1944......Page 565
18. Routes of the Red Ball Express......Page 579
The Special Observer Group......Page 32
John G . Winant, U.S. Ambassador to Britain......Page 41
Nissen Hut Quarters......Page 42
General Lee......Page 51
Crates of Partially Assembled Jeeps......Page 84
British “Goods Vans”......Page 85
English Railway Station Scene......Page 86
General Hawley......Page 89
Headquarters, SOS. Near Cheltenham......Page 99
General Littlejohn......Page 115
General Moore......Page 118
Deck-Loaded General Grant Medium Tanks......Page 119
Motor Convoy......Page 160
Tenders Alongside the Queen Elizabeth......Page 164
U.S.-Built Locomotives......Page 168
Roadside Storage......Page 170
General Depot at Ashchurch......Page 172
Jeep Assembly Line......Page 174
General Crawford......Page 183
General Lord......Page 184
General Moses......Page 223
General Plank......Page 229
Stocking Supplies and Equipment......Page 245
Invasion Equipment......Page 246
Typical Medical Installations......Page 262
Aerial View of a Station Hospital......Page 264
U.S. Airfield Construction in England......Page 269
General Stratton......Page 283
Caissons......Page 291
Lobnitz Pierhead......Page 293
Aerial View of Cherbourg......Page 308
Column of Dukws......Page 350
Waterproofed Tank Recovery Vehicle......Page 379
Loaded Landing Craft and Ships......Page 389
Discharging at the Beaches......Page 412
Partially Completed MULBERRY......Page 420
Completed Pier of the MULBERRY......Page 422
Beached and Wrecked Landing Craft......Page 425
Storm-Twisted Piers......Page 426
MULBERRY A......Page 427
Beach Transfer Points......Page 429
Dried-Out LST......Page 431
Coaster Being Unloaded......Page 482
The First POL Tanker......Page 518
General Muller......Page 523
Brig. Gen. R. W. Wilson......Page 524
Welding a Section of the POL Line......Page 529
Rations Stacked at a Quartermaster Depot......Page 534
General Rowan......Page 536
General Rumbough......Page 537
Handling Supplies in the Field......Page 543
General Sayler......Page 558
US.-Built World War I Locomotives......Page 562
Gondola Rolling Out of an LST......Page 563
General Ross......Page 571
Directing Traffic Along the Red Ball Route......Page 578
Tractor-Trailer Combinations......Page 586
map5......Page 635
Map10......Page 636