US World War II Amphibious Tactics: Mediterranean & European Theaters

[jagjetta]

US World War II Amphibious Tactics: Mediterranean & European Theaters (Elite 144), by Gordon L. Rottman and illustrated by Peter Dennis. (ISBN 1-84176-954-1; Osprey Publishing Inc., 443 Park Avenue South, Suite 806, New York, NY 10016; phone: 212.685.5560; Web site: www.ospreypublishing.com. Softcover, 7 1/4" x 9 3/4", 64 pages, 34 black-and-white illustrations and 8 color plates, 2006, $17.95).

 

The U.S. armed forces pioneered amphibious warfare techniques in the Pacific early in WWII. The lessons they learned, were successfully employed in the North African landings of 1942 and European landings in 1944. US World War II Amphibious Tactics provides a concise, easy-to-read explanation of the evolution of tactics up to, and including, the Normandy and Southern France landings. Readers will appreciate the tables of organizations that detail the types of crafts used for specific landings.

 

US World War II Amphibious Tactics will provide the enthusiast of the European and North African theaters an affordable, concise overview of equipment, formations and tactics utilized in the massive sea-borne landings during WWII.-

--John Adams-Graf