Tag: Amphibious

Free Download The Biggest Amphibious Operations of the World Wars: The History and Legacy of the Wars’ Most Important Landing Operations
by Charles River Editors
English | November 24, 2024 | ASIN: B0DP1BFPXJ | 407 pages | PDF | 208 Mb

Free Download General Holland M. Smith USMC, Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons USMC, "The Development Of Amphibious Tactics In The U.S. Navy"
English | 2015 | ASIN: B06XGKBJNC | EPUB | pages: 250 | 3.0 mb
FROM our entry into the war at Pearl Harbor in December 1941 until the Japanese surrender in September 1945, every major offensive campaign launched by the United States was initiated by an amphibious assault. Our landings at North Africa in November 1942, at Sicily and Italy in July and September 1943, and at Normandy and Southern France in June and September 1944 ended in the defeat of the German armies in Western Europe by the Allied Expeditionary Force in May 1945. The Pacific offensive, which began in the South Pacific with the landings at the Solomons in August 1942 and in the Central Pacific at the Gilberts in November 1943, carried us 3,000 miles to the Philippine Islands and 5,000 miles through to the inner defenses of the empire in the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands….Amphibious warfare was the primary offensive tactic in our conduct of global war.

Free Download Bernard Ireland – The Illustrated Guide to Amphibious Warfare Vessels
Hermes House | 2011 | ISBN: 1846816580 | English | 260 pages | PDF | 224.05 MB
The definitive guide to amphibious warfare vessels. Colour photography, diagrams and illustrations throughout with specifaction guides included.

Free Download Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World by Craig Foster
English | May 14, 2024 | ISBN: 0063289024 | 320 pages | PDF | 31 Mb
"An important book that will transform how we think about being human. … that will inspire hope."-Jane Goodall

Free Download Amphibious Soul: Finding the Wild in a Tame World (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C92G1136 | 2024 | 9 hours and 48 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 269 MB
Author: Craig Foster
Narrator: Craig Foster
How can we reclaim the soul-deepening wildness that grounds us and energizes us when so much of the modern world seems designed to tame us? In this thrilling memoir of a life spent exploring the most incredible places on Earth-from the Great African Seaforest to the crocodile lairs of the Okavango Delta-Craig Foster reveals how we can attend to the earthly beauty around us and deepen our love for all living things, whether we make our homes in the country, the city, or anywhere in between. Foster explores his struggles to remain present to life when a disconnection from nature and the demands of his professional life begin to deaden his senses. And his own reliance on nature’s rejuvenating spiritual power is put to the test when catastrophe strikes close to home. Foster’s lyrical, riveting Amphibious Soul draws on his decades of daily ocean dives, wisdom from Indigenous teachers, and leading-edge science.

Free Download Ian Speller, Christopher Tuck – Amphibious Operations in the 20th Century (Strategy and Tactics)
Spellmount | 2001 | ISBN: 1862271364 | English | 176 pages | PDF | 115.36 MB
A full history of the theory and practice of amphibious operations in the 20th century. The text takes the reader through a stage-by-stage account of amphibious tactical operations, and includes technical information.

Free Download Peter Dennis, "US World War II Amphibious Tactics: Mediterranean & European Theaters"
English | 2006 | pages: 68 | ISBN: 1841769541 | PDF | 58,2 mb
Osprey’s examination of the United States’ amphibious tactics during World War II (1939-1945). The US armed forces were responsible for many tactical innovations during the years 1941-5, but in no field was US mastery more complete than amphibious warfare. The US armed forces pioneered amphibious warfare in the Pacific and later in the Mediterranean but it was against Fortress Europe that the most famous and the most successful amphibious assault took place. On D-Day the Allies invaded German-held Normandy in a pre-dawn amphibious assault by American, British and Canadian forces. The US had perfected the special equipment and tactics for this extraordinarily difficult and risky form of warfare and despite large casualties during the beach assaults they were ultimately successful. This book explains, in accessible terms, the many problems associated with amphibious warfare and how they were overcome in the Mediterranean and European Theaters, and is illustrated with photographs, maps, diagrams and colour plates that support the explanations and bring the whole complex process to life.

Free Download Steven J. Zaloga, Henry Morshead, "US Amphibious Tanks of World War II"
English | 2012 | pages: 50 | ISBN: 1849086362 | PDF | 3,4 mb
The advent of combined arms operations in World War II created the need for specialized armored vehicles. In the case of amphibious attacks, the issue arose of how best to land tanks on a beach. Although a variety of specialized landing craft were developed, the Dieppe raid in 1942 encouraged the development of tanks that could be deployed from further off-shore to limit the vulnerability of the LCT craft. The deep-wading equipment that they developed was first used during Operation Husky on Sicily in July 1943, and subsequently for Operations Avalanche (Salerno, September 1943), Shingle (Anzio, January 1944) and Overlord (Normandy, June 1944). The US-manufactured DD tanks were used during Overlord by both US and British forces, and again in 1945 during the Rhine crossings. Initially, developments in the Pacific Theater were separate from those in Europe. The Marines learned from the Tarawa landings in 1943 that unprepared tanks could not be safely landed even in shallow water. DD tanks were never seriously considered for the Pacific, so other solutions were sought. A detailed study of specialized US amphibious tanks, this is a title that will appeal to those interested in both Pacific and European Theaters, modellers and collectors.