There are a whole bunch of modern examples, no need to go back to Willy the Bastard. * At least three big landings in the Gallipoli campaign in WW1 * Dozens o

There are a whole bunch of modern examples, no need to go back to Willy the Bastard. * At least three big landings in the Gallipoli campaign in WW1 * Dozens of huge naval landings in all theatres in WW2. The Med, North Africa, the Baltic, Rangoon, Pacific island hopping, you name it. Besides D-Day, the battle of Anzio was also huge with 100s of thousands participating. * The naval invasion of Hainan in 1950 is particularly pertinent, pitting the Chinese communists against the Republic of China. * Battle of Inchon in Korean War. Big, decisive, victorious naval landing. And yes there were sizeable successful opposed naval landing operations in every sizeable war since - Suez, Vietnam, Falklands, Iran-Iraq, Gulf Wars 1 and 2. There only weren’t any in Afghanistan because it is landlocked and at 10k feet altitude…