September 13, 2026:
Two months ago, Ukraine released a video showing a naval surface drone landing at a beach, dropping its ramp, and releasing a ground drone, which moved inland and opened fire with a remote-controlled machine gun. That land drone could carry other weapons, like an automatic 40mm grenade launcher or a launcher for FAE (Fuel Air Explosive) projectiles. Landing dozens of these amphibious drones in the first wave of an amphibious invasion would decimate enemy defensive forces and reduce casualties among the soldiers or marines landing in subsequent waves. Another innovation was using thousands of FPV (First Person View) drones operated by sailors and soldiers on ships offshore or in landing craft near or on the beach. The enemy might also be using a lot of drones, meaning the Amphibious force would also have interceptor drones available to diminish the impact of the enemy drone attack
The last major amphibious operation was the 1950 Battle of Inchon, also known as the Inchon landings. This amphibious invasion ended in a decisive victory for the United Nations forces. The operation involved some 75,000 U.S. Marines and 261 naval vessels. This led to the recapture of South Korea's capital, Seoul, two weeks later.
The largest amphibious operation took place on June 6, 1944. The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. The D-Day operation was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France and the rest of Western Europe and eventually led to Germany's surrender on May 8th and the end of the 20th century's costliest war in terms of cash, weapons, equipment, and casualties.
The Allies had 156,000 soldiers and 196,000 naval personnel involved, while the defending Germans had about 51,000 troops to oppose the invaders. The invasion began shortly after midnight on the morning of 6 June with extensive aerial and naval bombardment, as well as an airborne assault involving 24,000 American, British, and Canadian airborne troops. This was followed by amphibious landings on the coast of France. The landing zone stretched 80 kilometers along the Normandy coast. Allied forces divided it into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. Strong winds blew the landing craft east of their intended positions, particularly at Utah and Omaha.
Allied soldiers established beachheads at all five landing sites on the first day, but Carentan, Saint-Lô, and Bayeux remained in German hands. The Allies did not capture Caen, a major objective, until 21 July. Only two of the beaches (Juno and Gold) were linked on the first day, and all five beachheads were not connected until 12 June. German casualties on D-Day were about 9,000 men. Allied casualties were at least 15,000, with 4,414 confirmed dead.