D-DAY LANDING CRAFT: How 4,126 'Ugly and Unorthodox' Allied Craft Made the Normandy Landings Possible

D-Day, one of the most decisive moments of WWII, could have not happened without the thousands of landing craft which carried more than 132,000 Allied troops to the Normandy beaches on June 6, 1944. This closely researched and well-illustrated account is essential to understand the course of D-Day, and the Allied preparations for the campaign.