War of Supply

"A major contribution to the study of World War II logistics in an often-overlooked but vitally important theater of war. Dworak details the logistical challenges faced by the American forces in the Mediterranean and how the logisticians at all levels learned through difficult experience how to supply an army far from the United States. The lessons learned in the Mediterranean campaigns of 1942–1944 greatly contributed to logistical success in Northwest Europe in the final year of the war."—Steve R. Waddell, author of United States Army Logistics: From the American Revolution to 9/11

"As Napoleon said, victory goes to the big battalions. But how to get the necessary supplies—food, ammunition, fuel, spare parts,  equipment of every kind, medical supplies, and a lot more—to the battalions that need them? In this outstanding book, Colonel (ret) Dworak, himself a former logistician, seeks to answer that question in relation to the Mediterranean Front during World War II—and does so in a way that will surely interest professionals and laymen alike."—Martin van Creveld, author of Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton

"This is an outstanding work on the crucial importance of logistics in war. Its focus on how the Allies transformed an uncoordinated, under-resourced, inefficient, and ineffective logistical effort in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations (MTO) into a highly flexible, efficient, and effective one is instructive on many levels. The author illustrates how these logistical efforts served as learning laboratories for logisticians and the combat commanders they supported, why the iterative improvements they facilitated were so important, and how these underpinned every future Allied success in Europe. This book is exceptionally useful for all military and logistics professionals and for the operational commanders, combat forces, and staff planners who rely on them."—Robert S. Ehlers, Jr., author of The Mediterranean Air War: Airpower and Allied Victory in World War II