The Saber and Scroll Journal • Volume 9 , Number 3 • Winter 2020
The Historical Minature Game Society — Pacific Southwest Essay Contest Tim Keenon Grand Prize Winner
Allied Amphibious Doctrine , the Landing Craft Shortage of 1943-1944 , and Operation OVERLORD
William F . Lawson American Military University
Abstract
The Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944 is rightly considered a touchstone event of the Second World War . The Allies ’ success marked the beginning of the war ’ s final phase in Western Europe . Without the Normandy operation , it is difficult to see how the Allies could have achieved final victory in the West . Most accounts of the Normandy invasion deal with the assault troops , seaborne and airborne , but rarely do the means of transporting those troops to the objective receive more than passing mention . The story of those landing craft , and their critical contribution to the Allies ’ capability to launch such an operation , is as important as the training and deployment of the troops they carried onto those hostile shores . The design , manufacture , and deployment of suitable amphibious landing craft and their availability ultimately proved to be a deciding factor in the final operational plan as well as the overall Allied strategic picture in Europe in 1944 .
Keywords : Allied amphibious doctrine , landing craft shortage 1943-1944 , Operation OVERLORD , D-Day , Normandy invasion , Andrew Higgins , landing craft , LCA , LCI , LCM , LCP , LCT , LCVP
Doctrina anfibia aliada , escasez de embarcaciones de desembarco de 1943-1944 y operación OVERLORD
Resumen
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La invasión aliada de Normandía el 6 de junio de 1944 se considera , con razón , una piedra de toque de la Segunda Guerra Mundial . El éxito de los aliados marcó el comienzo de la fase final de la guedoi : 10.18278 / sshj . 9.3.2