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Global Logistics and Strategy: 1940-1943

U.S. Army in World War II CMH Pub 1-5, Cloth 1955, 2006; 780 pages, tables, charts, maps, illustrations, appendixes, bibliographical note, glossaries, index

Richard M. Leighton, Robert W. Coakley

U.S. Army in World War II
CMH Pub 1-5, Cloth
1955, 2006; 780 pages, tables, charts, maps, illustrations, appendixes, bibliographical note, glossaries, index

GPO S/N: 008-029-00056-3

U.S. Army logistics, primarily of ground forces, in its relation to global strategy; the treatment is from the viewpoint of the central administration in Washington-Joint and Combined Chiefs of Staff, the War Department General Staff, and the Services of Supply.

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GLOBAL LOGISTICS AND STRATEGY: 1943-1945

U.S. Army in World War II CMH Pub 1-6, Cloth 1969, 1999; 889 pages, tables, charts, maps, illustrations, appendixes, bibliographical note, glossary, index

Robert W. Coakley, Richard M. Leighton

U.S. Army in World War II
CMH Pub 1-6, Cloth
1969, 1999; 889 pages, tables, charts, maps, illustrations, appendixes, bibliographical note, glossary, index

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The changing character of the strategic-logistical problems faced by the Washington high command in the last two years of the war when U.S. and Allied forces achieved material superiority over their enemies on almost every front.

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