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Assault from the sea : amphibious invasions in the twentieth century

Outlines the history and development of troop carrier ships and amphibious vehicles, and describes how landing forces were used in some of the major battles of the twentieth century
Print Book, English, ©2002
Twenty-First Century Books, Brookfield, Conn., ©2002
Nonfiction
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
9780761318118, 0761318119
47255298
Disaster called Gallipoli
Norway and islands in the Pacific
North Africa and Sicily
Invasions of Europe
Landing at Inchon
Colored maps of amphibious invasions in Europe and in the Pacific on end pages
Includes index