tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post5572885971475234961..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: The Voie Sacrée Memorialsnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-18880326213897980552018-10-27T02:15:09.706-07:002018-10-27T02:15:09.706-07:00What percentage of the total number of truck avail...What percentage of the total number of truck available to the French Army in 1916 were used purely along the Voie Sacrée?Graham Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09182805428889776703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-11917583670211786392015-07-02T12:39:58.946-07:002015-07-02T12:39:58.946-07:00This could be called the"Red Ball" highw...This could be called the"Red Ball" highway of World War One.<br />That famous name from World War Two supplied General Paton's rush eastward.<br />It ran from Cherbourg to his tanks and jeeps waiting just behind the fighting line.<br />In '44 French highways were some of the best in the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-69497965726224847902015-07-02T07:12:27.453-07:002015-07-02T07:12:27.453-07:00Nice post, Christina. Driving along the idyllic c...Nice post, Christina. Driving along the idyllic country road that the Voie Sacrée has become, one could never guess the hellish conditions that prevailed during the Verdun battle. It may interest you that the same no-delay, no-second-chance policy that governed the trucks at Verdun was used in the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49. A planes that missed its landing was not allowed to go around and try Gene Faxnoreply@blogger.com