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General depot at Ashchurch, where thousands of US personnel worked

American logistics in the Normandy campaign played a key role in the success of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of northwest Europe during World War II. By June 1944, some 1,526,965 US troops were in the UK, of whom 459,511 were in the Services of Supply. The First United States Army was supported over the Omaha and Utah Beaches, and through the Mulberry artificial port at Omaha that was specially constructed for the purpose. The Mulberry port was abandoned after it was damaged by a storm on 19–22 June. During the first seven weeks after D-Day, the advance was much slower than the Overlord plan had anticipated, and the lodgment area much smaller. The nature of the fighting in the Normandy bocage country created shortages of certain items, particularly artillery and mortar ammunition, and there were unexpectedly high rates of loss of bazookas, Browning automatic rifles, and M7 grenade launchers. (Full article...)

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-'''[[American logistics in the Normandy campaign]]''' played a key role in the success of [[Operation Overlord]], the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] invasion of northwest Europe during [[World War&nbsp;II]]. When the invasion commenced on [[Normandy landings|D-Day]], 6 June 1944, some 1,526,965 US troops were in the UK, of whom 459,511 were in the [[United States Army Services of Supply|Services of Supply]]. The [[First United States Army]] was supported over the [[Omaha Beach|Omaha]] and [[Utah Beach]]es, and through the [[Mulberry harbour|Mulberry artificial port]] at Omaha specially constructed for the purpose.<!-- split sentence due to length --> The Mulberry port<!-- added "port", as the shift from using "Mulberry" as a modifier to using it as a proper noun a few words later seemed rather abrupt --> was abandoned after it was damaged by a storm on 19–21 June. During the first seven weeks after D-Day, the advance was much slower than the Overlord plan had anticipated, and the [[lodgement|lodgment]] area much smaller. The nature of the fighting in the Normandy [[bocage]]<!-- conform with article lead --> country created shortages of certain items, particularly [[artillery]] and [[mortar (weapon)|mortar]] ammunition, and there were unexpectedly high rates of loss of [[bazooka]]s, [[M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle|Browning automatic rifles]]<!-- removed unused acronym -->, and [[M7 grenade launcher]]s. {{TFAFULL|American logistics in the Normandy campaign}}
+'''[[American logistics in the Normandy campaign]]''' played a key role in the success of [[Operation Overlord]], the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] invasion of northwest Europe during [[World War&nbsp;II]]. By June 1944, some 1,526,965 US troops were in the UK, of whom 459,511 were in the [[United States Army Services of Supply|Services of Supply]]. The [[First United States Army]] was supported over the [[Omaha Beach|Omaha]] and [[Utah Beach]]es, and through the [[Mulberry harbour|Mulberry artificial port]] at Omaha that was<!-- added "that was" to conform with character limit --> specially constructed for the purpose.<!-- split sentence due to length --> The Mulberry port<!-- added "port", as the shift from using "Mulberry" as a modifier to using it as a proper noun a few words later seemed rather abrupt --> was abandoned after it was damaged by a storm on 19–22 June. During the first seven weeks after [[Normandy landings|D-Day]], the advance was much slower than the Overlord plan had anticipated, and the [[lodgement|lodgment]] area much smaller. The nature of the fighting in the Normandy [[bocage]]<!-- conform with article lead --> country created shortages of certain items, particularly [[artillery]] and [[mortar (weapon)|mortar]] ammunition, and there were unexpectedly high rates of loss of [[bazooka]]s, [[M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle|Browning automatic rifles]]<!-- removed unused acronym -->, and [[M7 grenade launcher]]s. {{TFAFULL|American logistics in the Normandy campaign}}
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