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Definition of Amphibious landing
1. Noun. A military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion. "MacArthur staged a massive amphibious landing behind enemy lines"
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphibious Landing
Literary usage of Amphibious landing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"Billow water approaches to a possible amphibious landing beach. beach
organization—(DOD) In an amphibious operation, the planned arrangement of personnel ..."
2. Environmental Information for Naval Warfare by National Academy of Engineering, Inc NetLibrary (2003)
"... and US Marine Corps amphibious landing Force operations. ... breaching of
mines and obstacles in advance of amphibious landing forces) • Mission Support ..."
3. Marines & Helicopters, 1962-1973 by William R. Fails (1995)
"In addition, there remained items of equipment which the assault Marines needed
in any amphibious landing which still were beyond the lift capability of the ..."
4. The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa by Joseph H. Alexander (1996)
"As events turned out, the Oroku operation would be the final opposed amphibious
landing of the war. Department of Defense Photo (USMC) 126987 ..."
5. U. S. Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990-1991: With Marine Forces Afloat in edited by Ronald J. Brown (2000)
"... he described as "the longest 30 seconds of my life," Boomer replied the Marine
ground attack could proceed without an amphibious landing.220 However, ..."
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