books about: amphibious

books about: amphibious

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Amphibious

US World War II Amphibious Tactics, Army and Marine Corps, Pacific Theater

Gordon Rottman

Osprey Publishing, 2004

One-stop shopping for WWII US Amphibious Operations
The detail of "boat teams," the task organization of the Marine rifle platoon for amphibious assault landing in amtrac-size elements, was worth the price of the book for me. This volume is concise and won't break the piggy bank, nor will it take up the entire weekend ...

Swimming Shermans: Sherman DD amphibious tank of World War II (New Vanguard)

David Fletcher

Osprey Publishing, 2006

Excellent coverage of an intriguing tank
The amphibious DD tanks was one of the more interesting weapons to be used in World War II. Tanks are interently heavy and dense objects, so making one float is clearly a major engineering project. The British response to the need for floating tanks to support ...

Storm Landings: Epic Amphibious Battles in the Central Pacific

Joseph H. Alexander

Naval Institute Press, 1997

Best Analysis of Amphibious Operations in 40 Years!
Marine Corps historian Joseph H. Alexander establishes that the two most unique combined arms forms of American naval warfare in the Second World War were the deployment of carrier task forces and long range amphibious operations against stiff opposition. He dubs the ...

The US Marine Corps in the Vietnam War: III Marine Amphibious Force 1965-75 (Battle Orders)
Ed Gilbert

Osprey Publishing, 2006

This book covers the US Marine Corps in the Vietnam War, centring on the structure and function of the two Fleet Marine Force (FMF) divisions and the corps command level, III Marine Amphibious Force (III MAF). This detailed examination of III MAF explores its infantry, armor, artillery, aviation, service and engineer elements. Author Ed Gilbert ...

Mighty Midgets at War: The Saga of the Lcs (L) Ships from Iwo Jima to Vietnam

Robin L. Rielly

Hellgate Press, 2000

A vividly recounted chronicle history
From the World War II era engagements to the Vietnam years, Land Craft Support Vessels LCS(L) were a key element in the American naval domination of the seas. Military archivist Robin Rielly's Mighty Midgets At War: The Saga of the LCS(L) Ships From Iwo Jima To Vietnam ...

The Pacific Warriors: The U.S. Marines in World War II: A Pictorial Tribute

Eric Hammel

Zenith Press, 2005

Outstanding Visual Presentation of Pacific War
Pacific Warriors is one of those rare books that absolutely captures the essence of an era. Eric Hammel's photo selection and text sets the stage and allows the images themselves to tell the story of a generation of Marines who fought the battles in the Central Pacific ...

Assault from the Sea: Essay on the History of Amphibious Warfare

US Naval Institute Press, 1993

Great Historical Review
This book is used as a textbook at the United States Naval Academy and is a must read. It covers the Age of Sail (from 490 B.C.) to the Falklands in 1982. A great history reference. It contains over 50 different eras in 437 pages, so it is a fast-past book.

LUCKY THIRTEEN: D-Days in the Pacific with the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II

Ken Wiley

Casemate, 2007

LUCKY THIRTEEN: An engaging true life WWII story told from the heart
I particularly enjoyed this book because it is an important story about our nation's history and is told from the inside by a man who was there and lived it, instead of by some scholarly historian or journalist with an axe to grind. The pace is even and fast and the ...

Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-day, June 6, 1944

Joseph Balkoski

Stackpole Books, 2006

Excellent Book on the "Day of Days"
This is an excellent book on the "Day of Days" as coined by the film "Band of Brothers". This book fills out what the rest of American paratroops and Utah beach landing beach troops did on this day. Only one page is provided on Easy Company. And, what a story it is! ...

The Solomons Campaigns, 1942-1943: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville--Pacific War Turning Point, Volume 2 ...

William L. McGee

BMC Publications, 2002

"In a League of its Own"
Author, WWII Navy veteran and military historian William L. McGee has done it again! His Volume I, "The Amphibians Are Coming!" was a fabulous work, but Volume II, "The Solomons Campaigns" is in a league of its own. Readers get a firsthand account of the way it was ...

Amphibious Thing: The Life of Lord Hervey

Lucy Moore

Viking Books, 2000

The Life and Timees of an Eighteenth Century Bisexual
Lucy Moore has done a remarkable job of rescuing John Lord Hervey from his image of Pope's Sporus (a boy castrated and used as a woman by the Emperor Nero). Hervey was much more than Pope's grotesque, homophobic caricature: he was an accomplished memoirist, ...

Fighting Amphibs: The Lcs in World War II

Donald L. Ball

Mill Neck Publications, 1997

The ship that roared
My father was a wwII veteran and my uncle was a Korean war casualty and I am a father. I recently bought the book Fighting Amphibs at the Mystic Seaport Maritime bookstore. when I started to read it i could not put it down. It is an extremely well researched account ...

Amphibious Warfare
Ian Speller, Christopher Tuck

Spellmount Publishers Ltd, 2001

The Illustrated History from 1914 to the Present Day. Taking the unique approach of building up the different stages of an amphibious campaign chapter by chapter, Amphibious Warfare gives a complete picture of the men, commanders, strategy and tactics, ships, landing craft, tanks and aircraft, as well as the actual assaults. Starting with the ...

Across the Reef The Amphibious Tracked Vehicle at War

Victor J Croizat

Marine Corps Association, 1992

Where has this book been?
Victor Croizat, a retired Marine Colonel, has written an excellent history of the LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked). From its original purpose as a rescue vehicle known as the "alligator" and designed by Donald Roebling of Florida, it was modified and pressed into service ...

LSTs: The Ships With The Big Mouth

Homer Haswell

Xlibris Corporation, 2005

Great Book
My husband served on the LST the book was about, and served the entire tour onboard with the author. My husband has been gone for many years, and frankly never discussed the war very much, and through the authors eyes I got to see my husbands perspective of the war. My ...