World Encyclopedia of Amphibious Warfare Vessels by Bernard Ireland

Name: World Encyclopedia of Amphibious Warfare Vessels by Bernard Ireland
Brand: Anness Publishing

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Wars are decided definitively through the occupation of an enemy's territory. This is a task for military forces, which may have to be transported by sea. In extreme cases, as in the Pacific War of 1941-45, this may involve trans-oceanic passages. Thus is created the conflicting requirement for ships sufficiently large to undertake lengthy voyages, together with craft small enough to put an army and its equipment on to a beach that may be defended by a determined enemy., \nIn the sailing navy, ships landed military contingents in special 'flatboats', the direct descendents of which were the 1940 LCAs, carried under davits by an LSI. In these were typified the two major categories of amphibious warfare vessel: the 'ship', travelling from shore to shore, and the 'craft', moving from ship to\n\nWorld Encyclopedia of Amphibious Warfare Vessels\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that;