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American services and supply in the Siegfried Line campaign

 * Nominator(s): Hawkeye7   (discuss)  03:38, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

This article is about American services and supply during the Siegfried Line campaign, which ran from September to December 1944. Problems with port capacity and transportation created many shortages, while others were the result of underestimating requirements and mismanagement.

A critical shortage of winter clothing developed from a reluctance to accept new items and a failure to order adequate quantities in the mistaken belief that the war would end before it was required. The winter of 1944–1945 in Northwestern Europe was unusually cold and wet, and American soldiers were not trained in how to avoid cold injury. The American forces suffered from trench foot and frostbite, which resulted in 71,000 casualties.

Artillery ammunition shortages developed in the early days of the campaign that increased casualties, delayed operations and lengthened the war. The specific causes of the shortage of artillery ammunition caused by insufficient port capacity, over-stretched supply lines, and insufficient production. Hawkeye7  (discuss)  03:38, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

As this article has attracted no reviews, I would like to withdraw it at this time. Hawkeye7  (discuss)  00:14, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Since there were no comments, 2-week pause does not apply. (t &#183; c)  buidhe  07:54, 10 May 2022 (UTC)