Red Ball Expressとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Red Ball Express was an enormous convoy system created by Allied forces to supply their forward-area combat units moving through Europe following the breakout from the D-Day beaches in Normandy. The term "Red Ball" was a railroad phrase referring to express shipping. The system lasted only three months, from August 25 to November 16, 1944, when the port facilities at Antwerp, Belgium were opened. The term Red Ball is often used incorrectly to refer to all World War II European supply convoys by historians and the veterans themselves. The Red Ball Express supply plan was co-designed by Lt. John Bridener Guthrie, Jr..