The BIG 'L' American Logistics in World War II

Abstract

What do we mean by our title: The Big "L"? We mean we intend to examine World War II logistics from a broad viewpoint. Here are some definitions of logistics indicating the expanse of the expression. "Logistics is a system established to create and sustain military capability." Create is a broad term which involves raw materials, people, and finance (or labor and capital), research and development, machine tools, factories and transportation (which we call infrastructure), and acquisition. Sustain is equally broad, involving munitions and ammunition, food and cooks, spares and spare parts, maintenance and maintainers, billets and billeters, hospitals and doctors and nurses, and transportation (roads, railroads, airfields, ports, canals, bridges, locks more infrastructure pilots, merchant mariners, drivers).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA421840

Entities

People

  • Alan Gropman

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Birds
  • Boats
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • International Relations
  • Military Science
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Ridges
  • Second World War
  • Terrain
  • Topography
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Industrial Economics
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.