Red Ball Express
The Oxford Companion to World War II
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Red Ball Express, truck convoys used to supply the Allied armies when
Eisenhower decided to pursue the Germans across the River Seine during the
Normandy campaign. It was estimated that 100,000 tons of supplies, excluding POL (Petrol, Oil, Lubricants), would have to be transported by convoys of trucks from the beaches to depots south-west of Paris, a considerable feat of
logistics. A one-way loop highway was introduced between St Lô and Chartres with every available truck using it around the clock. The convoys, whose name derived from railroad slang for fast freight, began on 25 August 1944 and on 29 August 5,958 trucks delivered 12,342 tons of supplies. They ceased on 6 September having delivered 89,939 tons and having consumed 300,000 gallons of petrol a day doing so.
The Red Ball Express was also run from Bayeux to Brussels to supply
MARKET-GARDEN and it was the precursor of several similar operations. Special trains were also used. The Toot Sweet Express, for example, took supplies from Cherbourg to Namur and Verdun.
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