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. (Holland McTyeire), 1882-1967 |
| Other author/creator | United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1992. |
| Description | xii, 79 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Occasional 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 note | Shipping list no.: 92-0293-P. |
| General note | GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Issued in other form | Online 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/form | History. |
| LCCN | 92191591 |
| GPO item number | 0383-C |
| Govt. docs number | D 214.14/3:AM 7 |
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