supply line

Noun

 * 1) The chain of transportation mechanisms supplying food and materiel to an army in battle, or other field operation.
 * 2) * Having cracked the Germans' Enigma traffic, the Allies were able to devastate Rommel's supply lines across the Mediterranean.
 * 3)  Any system in place to provide resources to a group.
 * 1)  Any system in place to provide resources to a group.

Translations

 * Danish: forsyningslinje
 * Swedish: etapplinje förbindelselinje