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Landing craft
Landing craft
are
boats
and seagoing vessels used to convey a
landing force
(
infantry
and
vehicles
) from the sea to the shore during an
amphibious assault
. Most renowned are those used to storm the beaches of
Normandy
, the
Mediterranean
, and many
Pacific islands
during
World War II
. This was the high point of the landing craft, with a significant number of different designs produced in large quantities by the
United Kingdom
and
United States
.
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