United States Army Logistics: Normandy Campaign, The 1944

Description: 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.

Review: 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