Название: D-Day Landing Craft: How 4,126 'Ugly and Unorthodox' Allied Craft made the Normandy Landings Possible
Автор: Andrew Whitmarsh
Издательство: The History Press
ISBN: 1803994452
Год: 2024
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 464
Размер: 35,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

D-Day, one of the most decisive moments of the Second World War, could not have happened without thousands of landing craft. Yet their role, and that of their crews, has often been overlooked. During a combined operation that involved aerial and naval assaults, as well as amphibious landings on a vast scale, more than 132,000 Allied troops landed on the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944. Through their efforts, the tide of the war turned for the final time to favour the Allies.