Patton Ran Out of Fuel. 6,000 Trucks Couldn’t Save Him
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Patton Ran Out of Fuel. 6,000 Trucks Couldn’t Save Him
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Quartermaster Files History
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🚛 The Red Ball Express moved 12,342 tons in one day in August 1944. Within days, Patton's Third Army was out of fuel.
📑 Chapters:
0:00 A record day, and Patton runs dry
1:26 A timetable torn up
4:10 The railways the Allies destroyed
6:26 Not enough trucks
7:30 How the Red Ball worked
10:21 Who drove the trucks
12:17 Fuel in all the wrong places
16:40 A longer road every week
17:47 Wearing out men and machines
20:49 Rail, ports and Antwerp
25:46 What the Red Ball achieved
28:48 The lesson the Army kept
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