audiobook American Amphibious Gunboats in World War II: A History of LCI and LCS(L) Ships in the Pacific by Robin L. Rielly in History

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Gunbaots and Amph'sBy K.SchneiderI can not understand why knowone has written a review yet. I have read three of Robin Reily's book on the LCI(G) LCS(L)Mk3 Gunboats and all there verations.The history behind them are outstanding. This books are written with passion about the subject and knowlede second to none unless you served on the vessls yourself.When you say a book covers A-Z about a subject this would be one of them! Read this book and enjoy it and then read the others; while there not in a series they are just great "Naval History" books.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A very good historyBy Mr. Paul G. WilsonI was interested enough in amphibious warfare to give this a go; and I'm glad that I did. It's a well documented history of the development and use of the various classes of landing craft during the second world war. The sheer amount of detail is mind-blowing - Rielly gives individual boat numbers for what feels like every engagement that the landing craft took part in.Individuals are named; actions are well described and the impact on the Japanese explained clearly. The book contains excerpts from the action logs which provide a raw and effective commentary.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I've read most of the books has to offer ...By kevin reillyI've read most of the books has to offer on WW2 Pacific and ordered this just for something to read! It turned out to be a very interesting read explaining how the Navy needed something besides the Big ships to protect the Landing Crafts bringing the troops to the beach. The big ship guns had to stop firing at the enemy when the Landing craft headed for the beaches so it gave the Japanese time to come out of their secure places to fire on our troops. (The battle for Tarawa proves that) so they started putting guns on so called LC series craft which proved to be a real asset. Protectors of the Landing craft headed for the beach firing Pom Pom's; Rockets; etc; to protecting the Fleet at anchor in the evening; plus multitude of other problems that would arise. They were overworked and because of their utility they saved many lives. It is an area of WW2 warfare that has very little written about.