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Winds, Waves, and Warriors: Battling the Surf at Normandy, Tarawa, and Inchon

By Thomas M. Mitchell
Hardcover
$39.95
By Thomas M. Mitchell
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Winds, Waves, and Warriors examines the oceanographic conditions that U.S. military planners considered, or should have considered, when landing troops and vehicles on the beach at three historic amphibious assaults: Normandy, Tarawa, and Inchon. Oceanographer Thomas M. Mitchell brings welcome insight into a little-studied yet extraordinary aspect of ground warfare by explaining why certain tidal and weather conditions existed at those specific places and times, and how they affected the Ar...

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