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