World War II presented Allied war planners with a tactical dilemma--how to make large amphibious landings of armies against defended coasts.
World War II presented Allied war planners with a tactical dilemma--how to make large amphibious landings of armies against defended coasts. For America this was a particularly thorny problem, since its armed forces had to mount amphibious invasions at sites ranging from Pacific atolls to North Africa to the coast of France.