D-Day Fleet 1944, American Sector

THE FLEET'S PURPOSE
FLEET FIGHTING POWER
The Ships
- Warships
- Transports and landing ships
TECHNICAL FACTORS
- Auxiliaries
- Gunfire support craft
- Assault beaches and landing craft
- Logistic craft and vehicles
- Western Naval Task Force air support
- The American buildup in Britain, 1943-44
HOW THE FLEET OPERATED
Doctrine, command and communication
Intelligence and deception
Logistics and facilities
- Western Naval Task Force logistics
- Landing Craft and Bases Europe
- Final training and rehearsals
COMBAT AND ANALYSIS
- Chronology
THE FLEET IN COMBAT
- Launching Overlord, May 28-June 6, 1944
- The invasion begins
- Utah Beach, June 6
- Omaha Beach, June 6
- The hour of crisis
- Follow-on operations, June 7-15, 1944
- The June 19-22 Channel storm
- Post-storm logistics over the beaches
- Cherbourg naval fire support, June 25, 1944
ANALYSIS
FURTHER READING
INDEX

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• História marítima
• Segunda Guerra Mundial
• Forças navais e guerra
• Navios militares e navais

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