The Amphibians are Coming!: Emergence of the 'Gator Navy and Its Revolutionary Landing Craft

William L Mcgee

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Langue : anglais

Edité par BMC Publications, 2000

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A deeply engaging biographical history of the World War I ship-to-shore landing craft and their crews. . . . A welcome and informative addition to personal and academic World War I history and reference collections.- Midwest Book Review Volume I in award-winning author William L. McGee's Pacific war series is a biographical history of the revolutionary amphibious landing craft of World War I - LCTs (Landing Craft, Tank), LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) and LCIs (Landing Craft, Infantry) - each designed and built to land assault troops and equipment directly on a hostile or potentially hostile beach. The reader will learn: -A brief history of amphibious warfare from the Revolutionary War to the 1942 Guadalcanal and North Africa campaigns. -A focus on the Earlybird Flotilla Five LCTs, LSTs, LCIs, and their crews, from landing craft design and construction, to amphibious training, to crew and flotilla formations, and to on-the-job warfare training in the Southern Solomons. . .all in preparation for their first invasion of enemy-held territory, Operation TOENAILS. - A profile of the famed Green Dragons, the high-speed destroyer transports that filled a pressing Marine Corps need for ship-to-shore delivery prior to the availability of the new landing craft. 110 b/w photos, 13 maps, plus charts, appendices, notes, bibliography, and index. OTHER TITLES IN THE SERIES Vol. I, THE SOLOMONS CAMPAIGNS, 1942-1943: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville, Pacific War Turning Point.* Winner of the Military Writers Society of America 2018 Silver Medal for History. Vol. I, PACIFIC EXPRES: The Critical Role of Military Logistics in World War I.…

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Titre
The Amphibians are Coming!: Emergence of the 'Gator Navy and Its Revolutionary Landing Craft
Auteur
William L Mcgee
Éditeur
BMC Publications
Année de publication
2000
État de l'article
Good
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0970167865
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780970167866
Série
Livre 1 sur 3: Amphibious Operations in the South Pacific in WWII Series

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