A very interesting book: Liberty Roads - Red Ball Express (N.Aubin)

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A very interesting book: Liberty Roads - Red Ball Express (N.Aubin)

Post by YLG80 » Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:41 am

I have bought a very interesting book : Liberty Roads (Red Ball Express) from Nicolas Aubin.
And I wanted to share the pleasure I had to read that book with so many amazing photos.

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The book can no longer be found in French, so I have bought the same in English, translated by Lawrence Brown.
Hard cover and 224 pages!
I was overcharged like hell (VAT, admin fees, and duties) due to the Brexit :evil: ! It's much cheaper on A'mzon.com :mrgreen: .

That's really a magnificent book with many nice photos and tons of data related to the extraordinary achievement of the U.S Army in the ETO regarding logistics.
But the history starts before WWII

I advise those interested in the logistics aspects during WWII to read that book. For me that's a must have.

Two pages as an illustration of my post.

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Back Cover page

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Happy reading!

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Re: A very interesting book: Liberty Roads - Red Ball Express (N.Aubin)

Post by Boyso » Fri Jan 14, 2022 2:15 pm

Would you have the ISBN? I can't find it on Amazon.ca
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Re: A very interesting book: Liberty Roads - Red Ball Express (N.Aubin)

Post by Klaas » Fri Jan 14, 2022 8:27 pm

ISBN: 9782352503200
It is also on the picture of the back page.
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Re: A very interesting book: Liberty Roads - Red Ball Express (N.Aubin)

Post by YLG80 » Sat Jan 15, 2022 8:42 am

Boyso wrote:
Fri Jan 14, 2022 2:15 pm
Would you have the ISBN? I can't find it on Amazon.ca
Hi Etienne,
You can find it here :
https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/Nicolas-Aubi ... 132&sr=8-2

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Re: A very interesting book: Liberty Roads - Red Ball Express (N.Aubin)

Post by Hammerhead » Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:20 pm

That book sounds interesting. My CCKW is a European Return after service in WWII and then service in the Army of the Netherlands.
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Re: A very interesting book: Liberty Roads - Red Ball Express (N.Aubin)

Post by YLG80 » Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:52 am

That book is a nice illustrated history of the logistics in the ETO.
Starting from bureaucracy and ending to efficiency during combats.
It is really a good complement, more easy to read, to the historical books written by Lida Mayo and Harry C Thomson of the Center of the Military History, shortly after WWII.
Titles
THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT: ON BEACHHEAD AND BATTLEFRONT

THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT - PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY

Also to read :
THE TRANSPORTATION CORPS: OPERATIONS OVERSEAS by Joseph Bykofsky and Harold Larsoll
THE QUARTERMASTER CORPS: OPERATIONS IN THE WAR AGAINST GERMANY by William F. Ross and CooTies F. Romanus

These heavy books are available for download fro free from the U.S. Library of Congress.
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