SUPPLYING THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Chronicles how logistics mastery of the British Army in World War I defined how millions were equipped, fed, housed, and protected in a vast, intricate support network. Describes the personnel who performed these tasks, from the government and military command in London to those who handled the items in the field. They were responsible for clothing, accommodation, medicine, transport, hand weapons, armament, and communications; a vast logistical network that had evolved to keep millions of men in the field.