Us Landing Craft of World War II, Vol. 1: The Lcp(l), Lcp(r), LCV, Lcvp, LCM and LCI

by David Doyle

No less than Dwight Eisenhower described Andrew Jackson Higgins as "the man who won the war for us," referring to the landing craft he perfected. Those craft, the WWII LCP(L), LCP(R), LCV, LCVP, and LCM, are presented in this volume (the first of two on US landing craft), along with the larger LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry). These vessels, built in the tens of thousands, formed the armada that put Allied troops ashore in North Africa, the Aleutians,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764358618
• ISBN13: 9780764358616
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 9.3"