History Channel - Hero Ships: Landing Ship Tanks
Год выпуска: 2008
Жанр: Документальный
Продолжительность: 00:45:00
Язык: Английский
Перевод: нет
Качество: DVDRip
Формат: AVI
Размер: 495 MB
Видео кодек: H264-MPEG-4 AVC
Аудио кодек: MP3
Видео: 640x352, 25.000 fps, XviD - 1376Kbps
Аудио: 44 kHz, MPEG Layer 3, 2 ch, ~160.00 kbps avg
"Landing Ship Tanks" weren't deemed noble enough even to have names. They were not thought of as warships even though they were always the first floating metal to touch fire-swept beaches from North Africa, to Sicily, to Normandy, and from the Philippines to Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The story of these ships is therefore one of an unsung hero, as it reveals not just the considerable war-long battle action of one ship, but exemplifies the collective saga of a design class that had absolutely no military precedent before the first keel was laid in June of 1942. We learn the dire necessity of these ships from crucial role in D-Day, how the date was postponed to allow for more to be constructed, and how precariously close they came to disaster with the tragic story of Exercise Tiger, the botched D-Day dress rehearsal that claimed the lives of hundreds of LST sailors and put the entire mission in jeopardy.
