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U.S. troops landing with Higgins assault boats on a beach in French Morocco, November 1942. By November 1942 the Allies had begun to secure the Atlantic. Stalin was demanding the opening of a second front against Germany to relieve the pressure on Russia. Britain and America were not yet prepared for a major continental invasion, so a compromise was reached in the North Africa campaign. The Allies landed on November 8, forced the capitulation of the Vichy regimes in Morocco and Algeria, and drove eastward against Rommel's German army. Left: American LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel). Right: DUKW (Amphibious Truck). Normandy invasion, World War II, WWII, D-Day
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Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel

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Also known as: Higgins boat, LCVP
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U.S. troops landing with Higgins assault boats on a beach in French Morocco, November 1942. By November 1942 the Allies had begun to secure the Atlantic. Stalin was demanding the opening of a second front against Germany to relieve the pressure on Russia. Britain and America were not yet prepared for a major continental invasion, so a compromise was reached in the North Africa campaign. The Allies landed on November 8, forced the capitulation of the Vichy regimes in Morocco and Algeria, and drove eastward against Rommel's German army.

U.S. troops landing with Higgins assault boats on a beach in French Morocco, November 1942.

By November 1942 the Allies had begun to secure the Atlantic. Stalin was demanding the opening of a second front against Germany to relieve the pressure on Russia. Britain and America were not yet prepared for a major continental invasion, so a compromise was reached in the North Africa campaign. The Allies landed on November 8, forced the capitulation of the Vichy regimes in Morocco and Algeria, and drove eastward against Rommel's German army.

Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP), often called the Higgins boat, is a small naval vessel designed to transport soldiers, equipment, and vehicles from ship to shore during military operations. Developed in the 1930s and refined during World War II, the LCVP could carry approximately 36 combat-equipped infantrymen or 8,000 pounds of cargo. Its design, featuring a ramp in the bow for rapid deployment, was a significant advancement in amphibious assault capabilities. The United States produced over 23,000 LCVPs during the war, with a similar British version known as the Landing Craft, Assault (LCA).1

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