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Hungarian and Romanian exceptions to poor Axis logistics

A criticism of Axis supply arrangements draws a counterexample from Hungarian and Romanian truck logistics.

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Question

Did any part of European Axis logistics make sense?

Short answer

Hungarian and Romanian truck supply systems are offered as exceptions, including a comparison between Romanian and German food supplies around Stalingrad.

Notes

Hungarian and Romanian truck supply systems qualify the blanket dismissal of European Axis logistics. In the example given, Romanian troops around Stalingrad receive food while German troops do not. The distinction concerns the ability to deliver supplies by road, so a judgment about German arrangements cannot simply stand for every Axis army.