Airfix D-Day Sea Assault Starter Set 1:72 A50156A
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Airfix D-Day Sea Assault Starter Set 1:72 A50156A
Airfix D-Day Sea Assault Starter Set 1:72 A50156A
While the first Allied soldiers landed in Normandy via parachute during
the night of the 5th and 6th of June 1944, the vast majority of the
liberating Allied troops would have to come via the sea, landing on
Normandy's beaches under heavy fire and fighting their way inland.
The
Allies had various different types of landing craft for getting men
ashore. Some were very large like the Landing Ship Tank (LST), some much
smaller like the small amphibious DUKW but it was the Higgins LCVP
(Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) which proved to be one of the most
important types used. Employed to transport the majority of US
Personnel, as well as many British troops when they were used by the
Royal Navy, they were vital because they could very quickly offload men
and small vehicles, such as Jeeps, while under fire. Jeeps were vital
because they offered the Allies mobility in the earliest hours of the
campaign.
The LCVPs were also able to return fire with their compliment
of two .30 inch machine guns, helping to protect the troops that they
were disembarking. Overall D-day was a success, thanks in no small part
to the work of boats like these and their crews.
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