Table of Contents
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