MASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE

1 AD-A257 095I II hul I1111 111 111 l I 111iDI hilTHE NORTH AFRICA CAMPAIGN:A LOGISTICS ASSESSMENTA thesis presented to the Faculty of the ArmyCommand and General Staff College in partialfulfillment of the requirements for thedegreeMASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCEbyMARK D. KITCHEN, MAJ, , East Texas State University,Texarkana, Texas, 1983 SNOVO 5 199 ZAabEDUFort Leavenworth, Kansas199192-28831 Approved for public release; distribution is ApprovedREPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE OMB No. 0704-0188 Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 'O Nur opr .esoonse. including the time for reviewing nstructions. searching existing data sources,gatheing dandmaitainig the edg andfcomltn! nd reviewing.

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9 KITCHEN, MAJ, , East Texas State University,Texarkana, Texas, 1983 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas1991 Approved for public release; distribution is OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCETHESIS APPROVAL PAGEName of Candidate: MAJ Mark D. KitchenTitle of thesis : The North Africa Campaign:A Logistics AssessmentApproved by:7 /' ' -, thesis Committee ChairmanM Gerg% J. Mordica II, MA __ _ , Member,aid T. Weaver, MACOL Floyd'4H. Duncan, this 7th day of June 1991 by:;,/ / Jh/& i ' -_ , Director, Graduate DegreePhilip J. Brookes, ProgramsThe opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those ofthe student author and do not necessarily represent theviews of the Army Command and General Staff College orany other governmental agency.

10 (References to this studyshould include the foregoing statement.)iiABSTRACTTHE NORTH AFRICA CAMPAIGN: A LOGISTICS ASSESSMENT by MajorMark D. Kitchen, USA, 113 study analyzes the logistics operations of the NorthAfrica Campaign. The thesis covers wholesale and retaillevel preparedness and execution of the ground forcesustainment following the Allied landings in northwestAfrica in November 1942. The analysis concludes with theGerman surrender in Tunisia in May logistical efforts of the campaign are studied againstthe framework of modern Airland Battle doctrine. Thefunctional areas of manning, fueling, arming, fixing, andtransporting are assessed by the doctrinal imp-ratives ofanticipation, integration, continuity, responsiveness, ForNTISC'&DTIC 1U!