The development of amphibious tactics in the U.S. Navy / by Holland M. Smith with a preface by Edwin H. Simmons.

Author/creator Smith, Holland M.
Other author United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division.
Format Book
PublicationWashington, D.C. : History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1992.
Descriptionxii, 79 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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SeriesOccasional paper
Occasional paper (United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division) ^A442184
Contents Introducing the author -- Beginning a series on amphibious operations by the Marine who knows them best -- Amphibious warfare from the Revolution to World War I -- Birth of the FMF, fleet maneuvers, conception of amphibious doctrines -- Training, experiment six Fleet Landing Exercises -- 1934-1941 -- Three years of experiment in landing doctrine before Pearl Harbor -- Amphibious warfare's influence on the grand strategy of global conflict -- The Baptism -- Guadalcanal, Makin Raid, Dieppe, and North Africa -- Strategic Attu and Kiska fall, successful landings made on New Georgia -- Munda, New Guinea, Sicily fall before the Allies' growing seaborne might -- Sicily secured, General Eisenhower not had a bridge to Italy.
General noteShipping list no.: 92-0293-P.
General noteGPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Issued in other formOnline version: Smith, Holland M. (Holland McTyeire), 1882-1967. Development of amphibious tactics in the U.S. Navy. Washington, D.C. : History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1992
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN92191591
GPO item number0383-C
Govt. docs number D 214.14/3:AM 7

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