No Mail, Low Morale: The Unsung Victory of the Six Triple Eight

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No Mail, Low Morale: The Unsung Victory of the Six Triple Eight

Context: By early 1945, the Allied war machine in Europe was a behemoth of nearly seven million service members, pushing ever deeper into the crumbling German Reich. But this colossal force was suffering from a critical, unseen wound: a complete breakdown in its postal system. In warehouses across Great Britain, a literal mountain of over 17 million letters and packages had accumulated, a backlog so vast and chaotic that mail delivery to the front lines had all but ceased. For soldiers battling in the frozen Ardennes or on the banks of the Rhine, this silence from home was devastating, crippling morale more effectively than any enemy propaganda. Facing a crisis that threatened to undermine the fighting spirit of his armies, Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower knew something had to be done. The solution came in a form the world had never seen: an all-Black, all-female battalion of the U.S. Army, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.

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