TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lavery,Brian
TI  - Assault landing craft: design, construction & operations
SN  - 9781848320505
U1  - 623.8256 LAV 
PY  - 2009///
PB  - Seaforth
KW  - Landing craft
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Amphibious assault ships
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Amphibious operations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The landing craft - or LCA - was one of the unsung heroes of the Second World War. This book examines the design of LCAs before the War, as well as describing the crucial role they played in withdrawals such as Dunkirk and the catastrophic Dieppe raid of 1942
ER  -