Logistics before DLA: How agency missions explain America’s Revolutionary War success
British Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne’s defeat at Saratoga is a classic example of a powerful army penetrating deep into enemy territory only to find its lines of communication severed. In this contemporary photo from the National Park Service, a cannon stands in the “Great Redoubt,” part of the American army’s defensive position. Not everyone who studies the battle today realizes logistics contributed more to Britain’s defeat than actions on the battlefield.