Assault from the Sea, 1939-45 by J. D. Ladd
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Overview: The Allied assault forces in World War II were carried by the greatest armada in history.
James Ladd tells us how these were created, what techniques were used and about the men who made the landings. The craft and assault ships, the material which provided the backbone of combined operations, are described with full specifications showing their size and how much they could carry.
These landings were the lynchpin of some of the greatest operations in the conflict: in Normandy on D Day, 132,715 troops were put ashore in sixteen hours against some of the most sophisticated defences then known; at Okinawa, at H-Hour, over 183,000 men in 1,300 vessels made the last in a succession of major landings by United States amphibious forces against determined Japanese resistance.
Both these operations, and every other during the conflict, called for intricate planning, daring seamanship and great determination by the soldiers and marines who fought their way ashore, supported by naval forces and airmen, sometimes flying at wave-top height.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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