Red Ball Express
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red-ball-express-170-8542984
title:
Red Ball Express
text:
The Red Ball Express was a famed truck convoy system that supplied Allied forces moving quickly through Europe after breaking out from the D-Day beaches in Normandy in 1944. To expedite cargo shipment to the front, trucks emblazoned with red balls followed a similarly marked route that was closed to civilian traffic. The trucks also had priority on regular roads. Conceived in an urgent 36-hour meeting, the convoy system began operating on August 25, 1944. Staffed primarily with African-American
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Allied truck convoy system during WWII
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Ball_Express
date created:
2004-10-15T23:46:20Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T22:53:21Z
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