The Armored Division as an Assault Landing Force |
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Chapter III | 27 |
Chapter IV | 33 |
Chapter V | 39 |
Chapter VI | 45 |
LandingsWorld War II 8 | 3 |
Troop List CCA 2nd Armored Division Operation HUSKY 10 June 1943 | 56 |
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13th Armored Regiment 1st Armored Division 1st Battalion 1st Infantry Division 1st U.S. Army 2nd Armored Division 2nd Battalion 6th Armored Infantry Advanced Class amphibious operations Amphibious Tractor Battalion amphibious warfare Appleman Armored Engineer Battalion Armored Group armored infantry battalion Armored Infantry Regiment Armored School ashore assault landing force attack beach beachhead Casablanca Chapter combat command command of Major Committee DD tanks debarkation Detachment device doctrine DUKWs employed enemy equipment fire floating Flying Column Fort Knox four landings Gugeler and Stevens Headquarters Company Ibid initial assault invasion landing craft landing operations Landing Ship launched LCVPs Lourmel LSTs medium tank ment Merriam Press mission naval gunfire North Africa November Okinawa op.cit organization personnel phase plans platoon Reconnaissance Safi Senia ship-to-shore movement tactical Tafaraoui tank-infantry teams tion U.S. Army U.S. Atlantic Fleet unit training unloading vessel waves World World War II XXIV Corps
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Page 6 - An operation, usually small scale, involving a swift penetration of hostile territory to secure information, confuse the enemy, or to destroy his installations. It ends with a planned withdrawal upon completion of the assigned mission.