D-Day Logistics: How America Supplied Normandy Without a Working Port

This World War II documentary follows a single crate of 105mm artillery shells through the American supply system that sustained the Normandy campaign-from cargo ships offshore and DUKW amphibious trucks at Omaha and Utah Beaches to GMC CCKW trucks, dispersed ammunition supply points, and the Red Ball Express. With Cherbourg damaged and unable to immediately handle the enormous flow of supplies, U.S. Army logisticians had to move ammunition, fuel, food, and equipment across open beaches, through the Normandy bocage, and eventually hundreds of miles across France after Operation Cobra. By tracing one shipment from ship to firing battery, the video reveals how redundancy, decentralized depots, constant truck movements, and adaptable transportation networks turned American industrial capacity into frontline combat power. Sources: https://history.army.mil/portals/143/Image... https://qmmuseum.army.mil/explore/exhibits... https://www.history.navy.mil/research/libr... https://transportation.army.mil/history/st... https://qmmuseum.army.mil/research/history... #DDay #Normandy #WWII #WorldWarII #MilitaryHistory #DDayLogistics #RedBallExpress #OmahaBeach #UtahBeach #USArmy #OperationOverlord #ArmyLogistics