The US Army wrote an entire book on the Logistics of WWII http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-29/CMH_Pub_70-29.pdf http://www.history.army.mil/html/bo

The US Army wrote an entire book on the Logistics of WWII http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-29/CMH_Pub_70-29.pdf http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-29/CMH_Pub_70-... "Many of the logistical problems faced in World War II may never need to be addressed by a future army, but problems of mobilizing, adjudicating competing demands, and fitting strategic ends to material means will inevitably plague future military leaders. They may have better organizations and tools at their disposal, but they can expect that policy guidance will be vague, expectations of field commanders excessive, and complex logistical systems almost impossible to keep in balance in the midst of war's vagaries."