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HQ Ships - the floating Command and Control Centres
of WW2 amphibious landings.
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20/2/08 |
45 Royal Marine Commando from formation to D-Day and its
immediate aftermath.
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45 (RM) Commando
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27/10/07 |
Landing Craft Support (Medium). LCS(M)s were manned by Royal Marines.
Their primary task
was to assist in the establishment of beachheads for the oncoming waves of
regular troops about to land. Until the beaches and their environs were cleared
of the enemy the Royal Marines were exposed to heavy fire.
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LCS(M) of the 524
LSA Flotilla
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12/10/07 |
No 9 Commando |
No 9
Commando
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20/9/07 |
HM LCT(4) 479. This landing craft was amongst the first to
land on the Normandy beaches. It carried especially adapted
tanks with their Royal Engineer crews. They had the unenviable
and hazardous job of clearing the landing beaches of obstacles
in advance of the troops. |
HMLCT(4) 749
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20/9/07 |
HM LCT 821. From training and over-wintering in the cold
waters around Scotland's northern shores to undertaking
running repairs while stranded on a Normandy beach, this
account has its fair share of hardship and danger. |
HMLCT 821
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13/9/07 |
LCGs, LCFs and LCRs were grouped together to soften up
entrenched enemy positions on landing beaches prior to major
landings and to provide continued support as the Allied armies
moved inland. |
Landing Craft Support Squadron
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