Red Ball Highway

The Red Ball Express was an enormous convoy system created by Allied forces to supply their forces 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 service lasted only three months, from August 25 to November 16, 1944, when the port facilities at Antwerp were opened. >>>

  The Red Ball Express was an enormous convoy system created by Allied forces to supply their forces 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 service lasted only three months, from August 25 to November 16, 1944, when the port facilities at Antwerp were opened.