Ships Without Names: The Story of the Royal Navy's Tank Landing Ships of World War Two

Macdermott, Brian

ISBN 10: 1854091263 / ISBN 13: 9781854091260

Published by Weidenfeld Military, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ships Without Names: The Story of the Royal Navy's Tank Landing Ships of World War Two
• Publisher: Weidenfeld Military
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1854091263
• ISBN 13: 9781854091260
• Binding: Couverture rigide
• Condition: Comme neuf

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Synopsis

This is an illustrated account of these remarkable vessels which played a crucial role in the Allied offensives of the 1939-45 war. The American-built landing ship was a vessel of the most functional design and primitive construction. Genuinely "bathtub-like" in concept and shape whese ships landed hundreds of thousands of men and machines on the shores of occupied Europe, Africa and other World War II theatres. Unarmed and wretchedly open to attack, they often represented the only means of getting heavy armour ashore and were that important to the various landings. Their US construction, transfer to the UK, and operational work are all covered and each numbered LST is charted and its action noted.