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	Amphibious assault ship - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Amphibious assault ships, usually shortened to amphibs, phibs or popularly known as gator freighters, denotes a range of classes of warship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory by an amphibious assault.
		It is often said that amphibious assaults are the hardest of all military operations to coordinate.
		From the great assaults of WWII to the recent 400 mile amphibious assault on Afghanistan and the attack on the Al Faw peninsula in Iraq, both countries have been at the forefront of developing amphibious assault doctrine and shipping.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Amphibious_assault_ships (1087 words)

	List of amphibious assault operations - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This is a list of amphibious assault operations that have taken place during history.
		Operation Gymnast - codename used for proposed invasion of Europe during 1942
		Operation Olympic - planned for 1 November 1945
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	Amphibious warfare - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		An early form of amphibious warfare was employed during the War of the Pacific in 1879, and saw coordination of army, navy and specialized units.
		The first amphibious assault of the war took place as 2,100 Chilean troops successfully took Pisagua from 1,200 Peruvian and Bolivian defenders on 2 November 1879.
		The operation proved a failure but the lessons hard learned were used later.Arguably the most famous amphibious assault was the Normandy landings on 6 June, 1944, in which British, Canadian, French and US forces were landed at Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword Beaches.
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	Amphibious assault
		Amphibious warfare is the assault of an objective located on land by a force attacking from ships.
		Purpose built landing craft were used at the evacuation from Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) and an amphibious operation was tried out at Dieppe in 1943.
		Arguably the most famous amphibious assault was the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, in which British, Canadian, French and US forces were landed at Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword Beaches.
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	Amphibious assault ship
		While often resembling aircraft carriers, the role of an amphibious assault ship is fundamentally different: its aviation facilities have the primary role of hosting helicopters to support forces ashore rather than to support strike aircraft.
		From the great assaults of WWII to the recent attack on the Al-Faw Peninsula in Iraq, both countries have been at the forefront of developing amphibious assault doctrine and shipping.
		The small Corps operations of the period in Central and South America led to the development of amphibious assault doctrine much in advance of the rest of the world.
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	Amphibious warfare (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In the modern era of warfare, an amphibious landing of infantry troops on a beachhead is the most complex of all military maneuvers.
		The assaulting force of over 15,000 men and 70 warships comprising of over 600 guns, was the most powerful amphibious assault in world history and was not surpassed until D-Day 1944.
		During the Second Persian Gulf War, a large amphibious assault force, composed of US Marines and naval support, was positioned off the coast of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
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	Amphibious assault ship
		The amphibious assault ships, usually shortened to amphibs, denotes a range of classes of warship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory by an amphibious assault.
		However, the role of an amhpbious assault ship is fundamentally different to that of an aircraft carrier.
		The disastrous Gallipoli landings of 1915 showed that this type of operation was impossible in the face of modern weapons, especially the machine gun.
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	Amphibious assault ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The disastrous Gallipoli landings of1915 showed that this type of operation was impossible in the face of modern weapons, especially the machine gun.
		The small Corps operations of the period in central and south American lead to thedevelopment of amphibious assault doctrine much in advance of the rest of the world.
		From the great assaults of WWII to the recent 400 mile amphibious assault on Afghanistan and the attack on the Al Faw peninsula in Iraq, both countries have been at the forefront of developing amphibious assault doctrine andshipping.
	www.therfcc.org /amphibious-assault-ships-179471.html (864 words)

	List of amphibious assault operations - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Operation Sledgehammer — contingency plan for German collapse in the west
		Operation Gymnast — codename used for proposed invasion of Europe during 1942
		Operation Olympic — planned for 1 November 1945
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	AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Navies other than the USN operate still further types including the older landing ship tank, landing ship logistics and landing ship medium.
		It was also realised that battleships, cruisers and destroyers could not necessary provide all the fire support that an assault would need.
		It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
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	List of amphibious assault operations
		It is structuredchronologically by war, then by theatre during wars such as World War II that covered large areas of the world simultaneously, and chronologically within those theatres.
		It also covers operations thatwere planned but cancelled for various reasons.
		Mediterranean Theatre of Operations /North African Theatre of Operations
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	Amphibious assault - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Amphibious assault - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	Amphibious_warfare - The Wordbook Encyclopedia
		Post-World War II During the Korean War the U.S. Marine Corps landed at Inchon.
		"[http://www.mca-marines.org/Gazette/2005/05hayden.html Amphibious Operations in the Gulf War: 1990 - 91]", Marine Corps Gazette, 1995.
		The list of authors you can find on this page.
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	Amphibious assault ship
		right Amphibious assault ships, usually shortened to amphibs, phibs or popularly known as gator freighters, denotes a range of classes of warship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory by an amphibious assault.
		Also see List of amphibious warfare ships Britain
		Nye found Room--and Caused Our Leaving to be Lamented--The Uses of At the Bottom CHAPTER XXXVI.
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	Amtracs US Amphibious Assault Vehicles
		The first prototype for the LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) was completed in July 1941, its design based on the Alligator, a tracked amphibious vehicle developed for rescue operations in the swamps of Florida.
		Though the early conception of amtrac operations envisioned using LVTs solely as supply vehicles, at Tarawa amtracs demonstrated their utility as assault vehicles to carry troops, leading to the development of new models.
		This book covers the evolution of amtracs, from the first LVT-1 to the LVT-7; their numerous variants; and their use throughout World War II and beyond.
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