The Other Secret Cargo That Won WW2

[@glennvogt1194]

These men that drove those trucks and kept our soldiers Supplied was Invaluable. Thanks to these brave men we kept on fighting. We weren't going to lose this war. For that I salute you.

[@davefellhoelter1343]

The Mighty Men of these places and times I knew REALLY APPRECIATED the Red Ball!

[@backachershomestead]

Logistics is everything ! Everyday there are less and less WW2 Veterans, take the time to thank them when you see them.

[@videre8884]

Do the veterans a favor by not reminding them of the terrible events. Thank them by doing something for them, but don't force them to recall these images. Believe me, you're doing them a bigger favor that way than by saying thank you.

[@backachershomestead]

@videre8884 ok, but the ones I've said that to have all,said thank you. Nobody says that anymore. JMO.

[@1738-l1j]

But the good guys lost T_T

[@maxgreen8520]

@@backachershomestead Your good man, We are ok with thank you. That videre guy is just being a tool and seems to represent us Veterans. I can assure you, he does not!. Roll up your pants, Poop is getting deep in here.

[@vwalsh63]

Amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics.

[@iKvetch558]

Fun Fact...the Allied plans originally included a 30 day pause once Allied forces reached the line of the Seine River. The idea was to stop the advance for 30 days to allow time for repairs to the French rail network, and to get more ports in Brittany opened up for ships to bring in cargo directly, instead of having to off load it over the beaches. But with the Germans running away so comprehensively at the time when the Allies crossed the Seine, Ike and other commanders believed it was better to NOT give up the chase and all the liberated territory that came with it, even if it meant they would have terrible supply difficulties later on.

[@jamesfarrell8339]

Great addition to the story

[@TurboMountTV]

Race wit the Russians for territory.

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

Call these men whatever the hell you want to. I call them great American heroes!! God bless every one of them. Not all heroes shot guns. Logistics is what won every war ever. God bless America!! 💯❤️🇺🇸

[@4d4Spl]

My uncle drove one of those trucks. He did some things and saw some things. Like most guys, he never talked about it.

[@videre8884]

These people don't want to remember the terrible things they saw. The best thing you can do is give them a distraction rather than trying to make them remember. Many make the mistake of wanting the vets to tell them what happened, but that would mean they would have to remember and that only leads to suffering. One memory can ruin a vet's whole week.

[@scottsmith1525]

Most of the ones that saw "some things" don't talk about it. The ones that brag about it, didn't. I thank your uncle for his service, and what he did.

[@intercommerce]

Like my friend's dad, never talked about it after...

[@chrisrh281]

Then how do you know what he did.

[@reYouMad]

Respect for all the drivers who gave them all for providing 💪

[@shantanusapru]

Logistics is the life blood of any military & one of the key factors of any combat situation! To quote Gen. Omar Bradley: "Amateurs tend to discuss strategy; professionals tend to discuss logistics."

[@yourseatatthetable]

What they talk little about was how the allies laid a number of pipelines across the channel in order to pump fuel faster than tankers could transport it. I wrote a report on this back in high school and got one of my better grades.

[@jaimiehardy5652]

One if the greatest feats of British engineering in History. PLUTO and Mulberry.

[@TonyBongo869]

@@jaimiehardy5652there are mixed reviews on how well Pluto worked out, could you shed some light on your thoughts about how effective it was pls?

[@intercommerce]

"Pipe Line Under The Ocean"....

[@johnlansing2902]

Had the honor of talking with a Veteran of the Red Ball . His left hand was screwed up from a ambush but he worked as hard and as well as any man . I asked him originally what branch he had been in . He looked at me and said “ I was in Patton’s army ! “. When I asked about Patton he started a profanity strewn description . I eventually asked why he never transferred out to which he said “ I wanted to see the god damn German tough enough to kill that SOB ! “. Greatest generation !

[@annehersey9895]

Thanks for shining a well deserved light on this under-appreciated yet vital part of.the war.

[@Braveheartman1]

I have no idea how the military was supplied so well with fuel, food, medicine, and medical care during WWII. When it comes down to it, the “supply line” is what won the war. Hitler ran out of everything, including soldiers.

[@brianmacadam4793]

The importance of logistics is crucial to any large army on the move, from a Roman Legion to Patton's third Army. I had thought that the Luftwaffe was essentially a spent force by the time of D-Day, it had to deal with the Eastern Front, pressure coming up through Italy, AND the unrelenting pressure from Allied bombing, Americans during the day and the RAF at night. Air attack against the Red Ball Express cannot have been high prioity on the limited resources the Luftwaffe had at hand.

[@brucewilliams6292]

It was good to hear about the logistics arms. Without them, there is no advance.Roll on!

[@terrierkeeper]

I believe they made a movie about these people, Red Ball Express (1952) starring Jeff Chandler. It was a good film, informative, honest though nothing spicy. I liked it.

[@DinHamburg]

it s here on KZbin

[@terrierkeeper]

@@DinHamburg Great. Lot of good films are here on KZbin. Enemy Below staring Kurt Jurgens and Robert Mitchem along with Battle of Britain are among my favorites.

[@DinHamburg]

@@terrierkeeper Malta Story

[@josephbingham1255]

4:34 Years ago I met a member of the Red Ball Express. A black man that laughed when he told of how easy it was to slip into Paris for a good time.

[@billhart9832]

Now, at age 65, I have learned where the phrase "Toot Sweet (sp)" that I would hear as a boy from my WWII veteran Uncles came from. Though too late, it's nice to see the African American soldier's contributions recognized.

[@moobaz8675]

Logistics, logistics, logistics. You can have the best tanks and equipment, but if there is no fuel to move, no ammunition to fire and no food for the crew, then all you have is a very expensive metal lump. Fair play to all those men of the Red Ball Express. 👍

[@billpetersen298]

This is also when Canada industrialized too. Building serious numbers of trucks tanks planes guns etc.

[@billsmith5109]

Canada built more trucks than Italy, Germany, and Japan put together. U.S. truck production swamped that. Military governments make irrational decisions. No one will tell the dictator the truth, it’s dangerous. Truck building potential, or lack thereof, by itself should have been an adequate data point to show that that particular alliance could not win.

[@88porpoise]

When the US Army ran on its Deuce and a Half, the British Army rolled forward on the Canadian Military Pattern (CMP) trucks. To put it in some perspective, Canada built more trucks than Germany did in WWII. That said, it wasn't exactly what industrialized Canada, these were in large part made in existing Ford, GM, and Chrysler factories in Canada.

[@robertbenson9797]

Excellent episode about one of the most overlooked parts of the Allied advance across Europe. I would disagree about the statement that the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions were rushed into Bastogne. While both divisions played a large part of blunting the German advance, the 82nd Airborne, which gets overlooked for their contribution, was located in the northern shoulder of the Bulge. It could be said the two Airborne Divisions anchored both ends of the front during the Bulge.

[@kevincutway]

One thing visible in one of the photos used in this video was the pipe line that was built to supply fuel to American and brittish military vehicles . That pipe line was placed on the ocean floor . It's an excellent subject for a video

[@tomschmidt381]

I was surprised to learn that the Pluto pipeline that Churchill championed did not actually deliver much petroleum to Europe. It seemed like a really good idea to me.

[@etherealbolweevil6268]

@@tomschmidt381 I believe there were 5, some dealing with land vehicle fuel and some dealing with aviation fuel, all in the British sector. The US decided to build a factory in London to manufacture Jerry Cans rather than have any association with anything British, sending vast numbers of full jerry cans rather than other loads on trucks going across the channel.

[@charliebecker2216]

I have seen a video about and like the idea. I want to know more how they made it with no / limited fittings.

[@earlharris571]

How logistics have changed over the last eight years. Now we use containers, roll on, roll off trucks, all supported by attack helicopters and A-10.

[@Charles-k9g5y]

Part of the reason that the allies didn’t head for Baghdad during the first gulf war. Didn’t have the logistics in place to support an invasion

[@jimmiller5600]

After the war the VA benefits led many vets to college. Unless they were black, who were often denied admission to state colleges, ruining a chance to integrate them into the middle class.

[@mrc4910]

Well done as usual. Thanks!

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Son of a military trucker (vet) here... "Bullets don't fly without supply!".

[@annehersey9895]

Unfortunately,, the purpose for not having the African Americans in combat positions stemmed more from the continuing apartheid coming from the South where the Whites were worried about hundreds of thousands of Black men coming home from war knowing how to shoot a gun really well!

[@RalfP-v3s]

everyone should have a. look about the history of the jerry can too

[@kdeuler]

Great episode! Thx.

[@captainredpill1782]

From what I have heard from various sources the allied forces had major logistics problems in western Europe. What I have to say could have been somewhat of a solution to this problem. 1) If they hadn't already done so they could have made Paris their logistics hub for the front. 2) Both France and England could grow hay. 3) The allies could have set aside some roadways dedicated to horse-drawn wagon traffic. These roads would run from Normandy to Paris. They could have pulled loads of comestibles, medical supplies, water, small arms ammo, clothing, etc. Their horses would not likely have been subject to German artillery and aerial attacks. That kind of alteration in logistics would have lessened the severity of overall petrol shortages and vehicular wear and tear.

[@88porpoise]

1) Not really sure what this is supposed to do. 2) and 3) Far easier said than done. To do so you would need large numbers of trained horses, wagons, drivers, ferriers, veterinarians, etc. For an army not designed around that doing so on a scale that makes an impact would be extremely hard. Horses also would require tons upon tons of fodder and you aren't growing enough food to sustain them in a war zone and if you were to try you still need to grow and harvest and distribute it and supply them in the meantime.

[@glennrishton5679]

@@88porpoise To what you were saying about horses and fodder reminded me of reading about logistics in the Civil War. I've forgotten the exact numbers but an example given of the difficulty with supplying horses with sufficient food at the front required horse drawn wagons but those same horses pulling the wagons needed some 25% of the load they were hauling. So supplying fodder by wagon was a low yield effort.

[@matthewshannon6946]

There was a short lived comedy about the Red Ball" in the mid '70s. I think it was called "Roll Out". Damn funny!!

[@jamesfarrell8339]

Fascinating story I was not aware of this story Great video I really enjoyed it

[@janlindtner305]

Great and under appreciated contribution to the end of the war👍👍👍

[@patricklemire9278]

A logistics organization that dabble in warfare is the perfect Get there firstest with the mostest is how wars are won. Hail the Red Ball Express.

[@JohnNickels-g3b]

One of the Red Ball Express companies was in my Battalion in 1970s and still drove 2.5 ton trucks, orders for one day then changed, So I was in the Red Ball Express. Question, Panzers ran on diesel or composites from coal, US used Gasoline, German armor could not use US fuel other than denying it's use how could the Germans use gasoline?

[@neilbarron858]

German tanks ran of petrol. Only the Russians used diesel

[@JohnNickels-g3b]

@@neilbarron858 Thanks

[@88porpoise]

@@neilbarron858 Not just the Soviets. Early war, British infantry tanks generally used diesel. The Japanese and Italians also used diesel power tanks. And the American M3 and M4 also had diesel variants as well as various other vehicles like the M10. Diesel Shermans were primarily used by the US Marines and Soviets. So, really, everybody but the Germans used them to some extent.

[@kennethcaine3402]

This story is incredible, I never knew how vast the operation was. These soldiers were incredible, every last one involved, Heroes.

[@muctop17]

Guns wins battles, but Logistics wins the war !

[@charliebecker2216]

Napoleon said it best armies March on their stomach. Look at what happened to him and hilter when the Russia winter hit.

[@TerryElrodAB]

Correction at 15:12 in the video: John Eisenhower was never President of the United States. He did serve as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium under President Richard Nixon. It was Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in World War 2, who also served as President of the U.S., from 1953 until 1961.

[@jamessimms415]

I think you misunderstood what was said. He said John Eisenhower was the son of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Commander of Allied forces & later President

[@daystatesniper01]

Great video but i still find it very shameful that black men were relegated to drivers as the brass thought they would be crap fighters FFS thank God times have moved on

[@jamessimms415]

Societal Norms of the time, you’re extrapolating Societal norms of today onto a time 80 years ago.

[@JP-zw1qh]

Imagine if that brass was still around today 😂

[@reesbritton6623]

Welcome to the American right…

[@reesbritton6623]

@@JP-zw1qhcould you imagine??? 🙄

[@kbslow4053]

Railways actually refer to something being speedy as highball. Redball would indicate that the train has a stop signal

[@jessestout8646]

Really good video!! 👍🏻🙂

[@JohnnyRep-u4e]

Logistics, Logistics, Logistics.

[@julieputney4317]

Thank you for honoring the men of the Red Ball Express 🇺🇲

[@jorgschimmer8213]

„Soldiers winning battles, logistics wins the war!“ 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@user-rw9wi4go9l]

Those Red Ball express guys held the supplies thar won the war!

[@scottw5315]

Truck encyclopedia has the US truck, car, motorcycle and artillery tractor production at 3 million for WWII.

[@steamfan7147]

Yes, in fact we supplied trucks for our own use, plus the Brits and the Russians.

[@scottpecorino6320]

good movie Red ball express

[@StatmanRN]

“Amateurs discuss tactics. Professionals discuss logistics.”

[@gregorywillis2770]

🇺🇸😎👍🏾Thank you for highlighting the achievements of African-Americans in WWII.

[@shmavitz]

From the thumbnail, I was like, wtf they need all those toasters for?!

[@bobechs7905]

How in theTruck-God name of Jeff Hunter did the Transportation Corps Museum wind up in charge of the operation? (4:53)

[@garyszewc3339]

The father of a friend of mine drove the Red Ball. He passed a couple years ago.

[@maureencora1]

I Liked the Jeff Chandler Movie "Red Ball Express"

[@henrycarlson7514]

So Wise , Thank You .

[@andysvehiclehistorychannel]

My favourite bit of the war the Supply Lines

[@d.b.1858]

Those behind the scenes that made it all happen are underappreciated. But nothing would have been achieved and no heros would have been made.

[@christiantroy3034]

I was a refueler operator, A Sgt offered me a hair cut and screwed it up, I heard “oops”, after some kind words to the sgt I asked the 1st Sgt to finish the hair cut, from then on on our 3 month operation (cold war) I was known as the cueball express

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

*It was the P-38 **_can opener_** ... that won WW2*

[@sslaytor]

Watching this leads me to wonder when the tanker truck was invented as I don't recall any WWII footage of them?

[@intercommerce]

"Coffee for Drivers" LOL "Amphetamines for Combatants" more like it😮

[@adamstrange7884]

Logistics when used wisely win wars!

[@appaloosa42]

Dad always felt cheated of the opportunity to contribute because of his deferment: blind Left eye, a year too old to volunteer, sole support of his mother… and making grillwork deck plating for LST’s.

[@mzimmerman1988]

You show a lot of Jerry cans but I was under the impression that the allies did not start using them till later in the war ?

[@mrow7598]

And Gen Swartscroft ran into the same supply issues during the Iraq War. The Abrams and Bradley's advanced faster than the supplies could keep up.

[@luckent47]

Ain't got no gas in it

[@Doc.Holiday]

I just purchased two of those “Jerry Cans” for overlanding. $90 USD EACH.

[@Idahoguy10157]

The more the Germans retreated the shorter their supply line became. The allies had the opposite problem. With supply truck columns traveling further

[@andrewfischer8564]

great movie jeff chandler

[@jameshammons2826]

Project pluto was amazing

[@bobechs7905]

In what particular universe did December 1944 come earlier than November of the same year? (12:22)

[@hughseagraves7036]

I keep telling him he needs a script editor

[@lperea21]

You know what really won the war? Russia... at least in the European theater. Russia lost more men in the one battle for Stalingrad than all allied losses combined in the entire war. And that battle was concluded before D-day.

[@graemewatson2296]

Great guys. I find it impossible to imagine the mindset of the Racially Predicted. Evil. As a New Zealander who grew up (born 1950) IN NZ, you couldn't wish for a better friend than a Maori guy. I'd back them up any day. They would definitely back me up, without question. Great friends. If anything, I admired them more than the European late arrivals.

[@oxcart4172]

GM were also supplying the German army with trucks!

[@Charles-k9g5y]

Montgomery led troops to help in baston from the north.

[@donxz2555]

The concrete sectional floating harbour ‘Mulberry’ and undersea pipeline for fuel made resupply possible

[@mingfanzhang8927]

Good morning 🌞☀️😃

[@mingfanzhang4600]

😊

[@Bill-yy3ck]

I wonder how many of the 5 gallon cans were used to move 400,000. tones of fuel?

[@mgunny05]

Logistics….the difference between a “click” and a “bang”!

[@Lord_Legolas_Greenleaf]

I remember this movie: "Red Ball Express" (1952) but not much of the details.

[@DinHamburg]

its here on KZbin - not a bad one, i must say

[@jeffdege4786]

The original plan was to build a third, higher capacity, artificial port at Quiberon Bay.

[@JohnH242]

Is it just my imagination or was there a television series about the Red Ball Express

[@donclay3511]

Why do you put video multiple times in your videos?

[@JesusIsaFlatEarther]

did the red ball's come before the blue balls?

[@markhammar3977]

Canada supplied 1/3 of the fuel used in ww2.

[@russheimerich9512]

Amateurs study strategy and tactics. Professionals study logistics.

[@MT_Madman]

And the U.S. still relies on truck drivers.

[@JP-zw1qh]

It hurts to learn real history sometimes but it’s our history that makes us who we are today we know now some of the best fighters in ww2/Korea/Vietnam were black men and they were willing to die for everyone around them even though everyone around them thought they were sub human almost.

[@rogerw3818]

There are more Black soldiers in this film offering than all the others combined. America REALLY hates the idea of crediting Black people with anything positive.

[@T.h.e__T.r.u.t.h]

Correction "used to" hate crediting that race yet now you can't watch one single brand new made for tv ww2 documentary without always having a whole segment dedicated to the unfair struggles placed upon them and yet how we thought we were better then the nazis lol.... Like I get it yet now it's just becoming a guessing game of when and where will that segment air in any new ww2 tv documentary

[@Kevin-qo6qt]

Bullshit

[@jdsstegman]

160k a day in gas. Or in today's money, 2.4 million dollars a day!! Wow!

[@stronzer59]

dude speaking like to 5 yr old kids who are all falling asleep

[@errolfoster1101]

Respect

[@dad_jokes_4ever226]

I thought it was going to be prophylactics

[@scuffco1868]

Band of "Soul" Brothas!!! Taking fuel to Patton's spearhead OG Black Panthers..781st Tank Battalion

[@JTA1961]

5 gal (jerrycans) NOT efficient method of transporting or transferring bulk fuel...no matter how you stack it...

[@Donahue-q6k]

Paper Plates - Dixie

[@T.h.e__T.r.u.t.h]

6:27 more like eat sleep drive and not DIE but mostly DRIVE and NOT DIE

[@davidelkins3229]

so whT`S the other secret cargo? you never said.

[@ronveri2838]

thats why allies won

[@milt6208]

The one thing about black drivers was there were no German black soldiers.

[@auro1986]

did you think nazis will not want to touch cargo of coloured people?