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{{Quote|We have to hold them until all transports are away......Prepare for ground assault!|[[General Rieekan]]}}
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In science fiction, the scale of this type of military operation is scaled up to the planetary level and starships insert troops into battle against ground forces defending a planet.
In science fiction, the scale of this type of military operation is scaled up to the planetary level and starships insert troops into battle against ground forces defending a planet.
 
 
=== Examples ===
 
*Battle of Hoth
*Seige of AR558

Revision as of 03:37, 9 September 2013

An Amphibious Assault is military operation that involved the landing of combat troops from the sea to land usually on a beach. The area that the troops land on is referred to as a beachhead. The most well known Amphibious landing is the D-Day landings at Normandy from WWII.


Amphibious Landings in Sci-Fi

"We have to hold them until all transports are away......Prepare for ground assault!"
General Rieekan

In science fiction, the scale of this type of military operation is scaled up to the planetary level and starships insert troops into battle against ground forces defending a planet.


Examples

  • Battle of Hoth
  • Seige of AR558