stocks and the army dumps which, by this time, were 300 miles distant (Eisenhower 76). A truck transport system was established, called Red Ball Express, to ferry these supplies to the front lines. The 700 mile round trip took an average of five days and although herculean efforts were made, could not keep up (Eisenhower 76). The obvious solution was to acquire a port much closer to the front through which resupply could be accomplished. The North Sea port of Antwerp, Belgium seemed the perfect…
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