Peninsular Lessons for Atoll Warfare: The U.S. Marine Corps and the Development of Naval Gunfire Doctrine

This paper utilizes the 1943 Battle of Tarawa as a lens to examine and evaluate the influence of the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign of 1915 upon U.S. Marine Corps inter-war development of naval gunfire support doctrine within amphibious warfare planning and the effectiveness of those plans in combat o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paul J. Cook
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Athens Institute for Education and Research 2020-10-01
Series:Athens Journal of History
Online Access:https://www.athensjournals.gr/history/2020-6-4-2-Cook.pdf