In Eisenhowers "Crusade in Europe" mention is made of the dilemma caused by Paris. Ike reasoned that he would rather use his meagre supplies to advance his armies, to avoid the possibility of a fight in Paris, to surround the city if necessary and force the surrender of the garrison and to avoid Paris altogether unless there was evidence of starvation of the population.
Events were forced on the Allies by action of the Free French forces acting inside the city and Paris was liberated by French forces.
When Ike entered Paris and conferred with de Gaulle, the question of supplying the city's population came up. Also de Gaulle needed uniforms for the FF units inside the city and for arms and ammo . This placed a further burden on the already overstretched supply lines.
At this time the Allies were still being supplied from the beaches. Only by opening Marseilles could port facilities come inot effect. And Marseilles was closer to the Allied front lines than the beaches. But Marseilles could not supply the Allied armies into Germany.
Trucks carried supply to the front because the allied bombing campaign prior to D-Day had so effectively destroyed the French rail system. Each truck not only had to carry fuel forward but also burned fuel on the return journey. Therefore the capture of Antwerp became the over riding objective.
Patton's 3rd Army was not the only army starved of fuel, artillery shells and other supplies necessary for the pursuit of the enemy into Germany. All the armies were equally starved of supplies. Paris certainly added to the problem.
I think if Ike had wanted Patton to have oil, Patton would have got oil. Apparently, that was not the case.
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