Author: Lund, Paul and Ludlam, Harry,
Title: THE WAR OF THE LANDING CRAFT.
Description: W. Foulsham, London, ND (copyright 1976), 1st edn., 256pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, at the outbreak of WW2 in 1939 Britain had only 40 small assault craft designed to be slung in the derricks of converted merchant vessels. As the war progressed the need for landing craft of many types became obvious if Fortress Europe was ever to be invaded from the sea. By 1944 over 100,000 officers and men had been recruited and trained to operate a vast fleet of flat bottomed craft to carry infantry and tanks as well as specialist vessels for making smoke, launching rockets, anti-aircraft vessels, repair craft, etc., and this is their story from the early days of development to Dieppe, North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio to Normandy, Walcheren, the Yugioslav islands, Greece and the Far East, edges tanned and a little dusty, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., , very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,
Keywords: war ww2 sea comb navy dieppe sicily salerno normandy vis landing lct lci lst alc mlc lca rnps
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Title: THE WAR OF THE LANDING CRAFT.
Description: W. Foulsham, London, ND (copyright 1976), 1st edn., 256pp, 16pp half tone photo ills., dark blue cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured wraparound pictorial dustwrapper, at the outbreak of WW2 in 1939 Britain had only 40 small assault craft designed to be slung in the derricks of converted merchant vessels. As the war progressed the need for landing craft of many types became obvious if Fortress Europe was ever to be invaded from the sea. By 1944 over 100,000 officers and men had been recruited and trained to operate a vast fleet of flat bottomed craft to carry infantry and tanks as well as specialist vessels for making smoke, launching rockets, anti-aircraft vessels, repair craft, etc., and this is their story from the early days of development to Dieppe, North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio to Normandy, Walcheren, the Yugioslav islands, Greece and the Far East, edges tanned and a little dusty, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed at extrems., , very good plus in a very good plus dustwrapper,
Keywords: war ww2 sea comb navy dieppe sicily salerno normandy vis landing lct lci lst alc mlc lca rnps
Price: GBP 28.00 = appr. US$ 39.98 Seller: A Book for all Reasons
- Book number: 44152
- Book number: 44152
See more books from our catalog: WW2 - Combined/Special Operations