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Amphibious Assault Falklands
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Author : Michael Clapp
language : en
Publisher: Grub Street Publishers
Release Date : 2012-08-24
Amphibious Assault Falklands written by Michael Clapp and has been published by Grub Street Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-24 with History categories.
A British Naval commander’s eyewitness account of the 1982 war in the South Atlantic. Since he was in charge of the amphibious operations in the Falklands War, it goes without saying that there is no one better qualified to tell the story of that aspect of the campaign than Commodore Michael Clapp. Here he describes, with considerable candor, some of the problems met in a Navy racing to war and finding it necessary to recreate a largely abandoned operational technique in a somewhat ad hoc fashion. During the time it took to “go south,” some sense of order was imposed and a not very well defined command structure evolved, this was not done without generating a certain amount of friction. He tells of why San Carlos Water was chosen for the assault and the subsequent inshore operations. Michael Clapp and his small staff made their stand and can claim a major role in the defeat of the Argentine Air and Land Forces.
British Amphibious Assault Ships
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Author : Edward Hampshire
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-12-26
British Amphibious Assault Ships written by Edward Hampshire and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-26 with History categories.
Amphibious assault ships have been at the centre of nearly all of Britain's expeditionary campaigns since World War II, from the Suez crisis of 1956 to operations as far afield as Borneo (1963–66), the Falklands (1982), Sierra Leone (2000) and Iraq (2003). In major operations such as Suez and the Falklands, the use of amphibious assault ships was essential to the military success of the campaigns. The Suez Crisis saw two of the Royal Navy's former light fleet carriers converted into 'commando carriers' to specialise in amphibious warfare. In the 1960s these were followed by the famous Fearless class ships – the first purpose-built amphibious assault ships in the Royal Navy. With an internal dock, headquarters capability, and multiple landing craft, these 'Landing Platform Docks' were built to project power around the world. When the Falklands were invaded, HMS Fearless was the key to the successful landing in San Carlos. In the 1990s, a new generation was ordered: the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean and the Albion class LPDs. In recent years Ocean, Albion and Bulwark have been the largest fighting ships of the Royal Navy and have acted as the navy's flagships, as well as being perhaps the most versatile ships in the navy. This title is an essential guide to British Amphibious Assault Ships across the decades, from the mighty Fearless to the modern Albion. Packed with full-colour illustrations, contemporary photography, and detailed analysis, this definitive work explores the history, development, and deployment of the Royal Navy's front line.
Amphibious Assault
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Author : Tristan Lovering
language : en
Publisher: Sheridan House Incorporated
Release Date : 2007
Amphibious Assault written by Tristan Lovering and has been published by Sheridan House Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Leading international military and academic experts analyse 37 amphibious operations from the 'how not to do it' catastrophe of Gallipoli in 1915, through the Second World War, Vietnam and the Falklands, to the Al Faw landings in Iraq in 2003. German, Japanese and Soviet operations are included.
Amphibious Warfare
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Author : Ian Speller
language : en
Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
Release Date : 2014-06-10
Amphibious Warfare written by Ian Speller and has been published by Amber Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-10 with History categories.
Highly illustrated, Amphibious Warfare takes the reader through the different stages of an amphibious campaign chapter by chapter, illustrating each with case studies from the last 100 years.
At The Water S Edge
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Author : Theodore L Gatchel
language : en
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Release Date : 2013-07-31
At The Water S Edge written by Theodore L Gatchel and has been published by Naval Institute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-31 with History categories.
Conventional military wisdom holds that the amphibious assault against a defended beach is the most difficult of all military operations--yet modern amphibious landings have been almost universally successful. This apparent contradiction is fully explored in this first look at 20th-century amphibious warfare from the perspective of the defender. The author, Col. Theodore L. Gatchel, USMC (Ret.), examines amphibious operations from Gallipoli to the Falkland Islands to determine why the defenders were unable to prevent the attackers from landing or to throw them back into the sea after they had fought their way ashore. He places the reader in the defenders' shoes as such epic battles as Normandy, Iwo Jima, and Inchon are planned and fought, and then uses these cases to explain why the defenders were unable to successfully defend against enemy landings. A practitioner, teacher, and student of amphibious warfare, Colonel Gatchel follows those explanations with speculations on how a defender today might try to stop a landing and on the implications of such actions for future amphibious operations.
Amphibious Assault Manoeuvre From The Sea From Gallipoli To
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Author : Tristan T. A. Lovering
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Amphibious Assault Manoeuvre From The Sea From Gallipoli To written by Tristan T. A. Lovering and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Amphibious warfare / History / 20th century categories.
Air Power In The Falklands Conflict
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Author : John Shields
language : en
Publisher: Air World
Release Date : 2021-11-24
Air Power In The Falklands Conflict written by John Shields and has been published by Air World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-24 with History categories.
A Royal Air Force veteran of the Falklands Conflict presents a comprehensive, myth-busting study of the air campaign. In the spring of 1982, Argentina and the UK engaged in tense combat over control of the Falkland Islands. The ten weeks of fighting are often portrayed with a decidedly one-sided narrative: either heroic Argentine pilots relentlessly pressing home their attacks, or the Sea Harrier force utterly dominating its Argentine enemies. In Air Power in the Falklands Conflict, RAF veteran John Shields presents a detailed and even-handed analysis of the Falkland Islands air war. As an RAF officer, John Shields spent two and a half years in the Falklands as an air defense navigator. Using recently released primary source material, Shields looks at the air campaign at the operational level. He develops a considered view of what should have occurred, and contrasts it with what actually happened. In so doing, John Shields has produced a comprehensive account of the air campaign that has demolished many of the enduring myths of this Cold War conflict.
Amphibious Assault
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Author : Ian Speller
language : en
Publisher: Amber Books
Release Date : 2021-02-02
Amphibious Assault written by Ian Speller and has been published by Amber Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-02 with categories.
The Falklands War
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Author : Gordon Ramsey
language : en
Publisher: After the Battle
Release Date : 2009-03-30
The Falklands War written by Gordon Ramsey and has been published by After the Battle this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-30 with History categories.
In 1982, Argentina rashly gambled that a full-scale invasion of the Falkland Islands — ownership of which had been disputed with Great Britain for over a century — would put an end to years of political wrangling. However Britain’s response was to immediately dispatch a task force to recover the islands, by force if necessary. The ‘conflict’ which followed (a formal declaration of war was never given) lasted ten weeks from Argentine invasion to British liberation, the white heat of battle using 20th century technology contrasting with bitter hand-to-hand bayonet fighting in inhospitable conditions. Eyewitness accounts by the participants of both sides, and islanders, leave us in no doubt as to the ferocity of the combat on land, sea, and in the air. Comparison photography in color of all the battlefields, the crash sites of the aircraft shot down, the relics and the remains, together with portraits of those who lost their lives and the battlefield memorials, serve as a graphic testimony to their endeavors, 25 years after the battle. A Roll of Honour lists the casualties of both sides and, for the first time, the graves of all the British fallen — both on the islands and in the United Kingdom — have been visited and photographed as a lasting record of all those who made the supreme sacrifice.
One Hundred Days
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Author : Sandy Woodward
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
One Hundred Days written by Sandy Woodward and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
This account of the Falklands War is by the commander of the British Task Force, Admiral Sandy Woodward. On 5 April 1982, three days after the invasion of the Falkland Islands, British armed forces were ordered to sail 8,000 miles to the South Atlantic unaware of what lay ahead of them or whether they would be committed to war with Argentina. In his memoirs, Admiral Sandy Woodward, Task Force commander from the aircraft carrier Hermes, take us from day one to day 100 of the conflict; from sailing through the waters of the Atlantic with hopes of a political settlement fading, and war becoming increasingly likely, to the repulse of the Argentinian navy and the daring amphibious landing at San Carlos Water.