Aviation and Military History
By its very nature, amphibious warfare presents the men and equipment involved not just with the hazards of any military undertaking, but also with the possibility of destruction or damage as a result of the particular nature of the operation milieu. The most obvious problem faced by landing craft is that of becoming stranded as …
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For a transoceanic passage, the LST Mk 2 could carry one landing landing craft (LCT Mk 5 or LCT Mk 6) for side-launching, and this was a feature which was sometimes also used for the carriage of LCTs to the vicinity of an amphibious assault. In LST beaching operations, a satisfactory manner to bridge the …
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We continue the history of Operation Avalanche, in which the Allied Forces descended on mainland Italy on 9/17 September 1943 to seize control.
We present a history of Operation ‘Avalanche’, the first Allied strategic landing on the Italian mainland, just south of Naples on the west coast, on 9/17 September 1943.