Four Vickers tanks, two light and two amphibious, were acquired and the KNIL was satisfied with… Continue reading Marmon-Herrington CTMS-ITB1 Light Tank (Airborne) M22 Locust United States of America/United Kingdom (1941) Airborne Light Tank – 830 Built The M22 Locust came about in 1941 ...
United Kingdom (1942-1943) Semi-Amphibious Cargo Vehicle – 3 Prototypes Built The Hexonaut’s story began between 1942 and 1943. Operating in Burma (now Myanmar) during the Second World War, the British ‘Forgotten Army’ – the 14th Army – had as much of an enemy in the harsh ...
Insert Image: British amphibious craft landings on Madagascar British troops talking to French inhabitants of Madagascar after the surrender. Image copyright IWM Collection, source Wikipedia Loving this ‘Christmas card’ – it just oozes South African inventiveness, innovation and that unique brand of d...
After Dunkirk, this new WW2 Command mounted offensive amphibious operations against the enemy (Commando raids) and planned, trained, equipped and undertook large scale joint forces landings onto heavily defended unimproved beaches.
New Zealand soldiers during amphibious training, Pacific area, during World War II. New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency. Ref: WH-0724-F. Alexand...
Pixel Puzzles World War II, merging history with the definitive jigsaw puzzler on the PC platform.The Battle of Peleliu, fought from September to November 1944 during World War II, was a fiercely contested amphibious assault between U.S. Marines and the Japanese defenders on ...
The amphibious landings were preceded by extensive aerial and naval bombardment and an airborne assault—the landing of 24,000 American, British, and Canadian airborne troops shortly after midnight. Allied infantry and armoured divisions began landing on the coast of France at 06:30. The target 50...
In Victory at Sea Pacific you can covertly recon enemy positions and as a result launch large scale amphibious assaults by sea and air against the chosen targets. Fighting a coastal invasion to capture key objectives brings together large numbers of ships, from landing craft of various types to...
One ridiculous aspect is amphibious landings - not documented in the rules, but it works by having a line of ships between where your armies are and where the target is. It is ridiculous because you don’t need any special landing craft or transport craft - any ship will do, even subs,...
An account of the 'run-in shoot' that suppressed the German response as the landing craft approached the Normandy beaches