U.S. Marines and Amphibious Warfare
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U.S. Marines and Amphibious Warfare

  1. 656 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

U.S. Marines and Amphibious Warfare

About this book

"Not only a just appraisal of the campaigns waged by Marines in World War II; it is a documentation of the Marine struggle to prove the feasibility of amphibious warfare.... Relentlessly accurate and impartial." —N.Y. Times.

Originally published in 1951.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Preface and Acknowledgments
  5. Contents
  6. List of Maps
  7. I. Mission of the U.S. Marines, the Amphibious Assault
  8. II. Evolution of an Amphibious Doctrine, 1901–1934
  9. III. Training for Amphibious War, 1934–1942
  10. IV. Background for Guadalcanal, the Decision to Attack
  11. V. Initial Offensives, Solomons-New Britain-New Guinea
  12. VI. The First Major Assault, Tarawa
  13. VII. The Marshalls, Gaining Momentum
  14. VIII. The Marianas, Bases for the A.A.F.
  15. IX. Palau and the Philippines: Marines in Support of Macarthur
  16. X. The Supreme Test, Iwo Jima
  17. XI. Okinawa, Springboard to Japan
  18. XII. Amphibious Progress, 1941–1945
  19. Photographs
  20. References
  21. Index