The Armored Division as an Assault Landing Force

Merriam Press Military Monograph 320. Sixth Edition (January 2013). Originally prepared by several U.S. Armor officers in 1952, this research report utilized several examples of assault landings during the war to show how armored divisions were utilized in an amphibious assault and the ensuing fighting in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy and Okinawa. Included is a detailed analysis of the doctrine and organization of armored forces used in amphibious landings, special vehicle requirements, naval requirements (deals primarily with the types of landing craft used for landing armored forces, and includes details of the various craft with plan views), and amphibious training. This is a reprint of "The Armored Division as an Assault Landing Force," a research report prepared at The Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, 1951-1952 by Committee 34, Officers' Advanced Course, The Armored School, 1951-1952 (composed of Lieutenant Colonel Alva T. McDaniel, Major Francis A. Cooch III, Major George V. Labadie, Captain Edwin W. Piburn Jr., and Captain James R. Porta), and published by The Armored School, Fort Knox, Kentucky, in May 1952. 6 maps, 4 landing craft plan drawings, footnotes.