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FM 31-5 Landing Operations on Hostile Shores

FM 31-5

Landing Operations on Hostile Shores

Army · FM · Jan 1941 · 224 pages

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FM 31-5 BASIC FIELD MANUAL LANDING OPERATIONS ON HOSTILE SHORES CHAPTER 1 GENERAL Paragraphs Section I. General 1-8 II. Advance forces 9-12 III. Main and secondary landings 13-16 IV. Selection of landing areas 17-26 V. Time of landing .- 27-33 Section I GENERAL 1. Joint Oversea Expedition.—a. Definition and joint oversea expedition is a combined Army and Navy force dispatched to a theater of operations by sea for the purpose of undertaking military operations ashore which may involve all or any of the following (1) The securing of a beachhead from which to project major land operations. (2) The seizure and securing of an area for use in connection with other military operations; or for use as a naval or air base from which to carry out further operations. (3) The seizure and securing of an area in order to deny its use to the enemy.

DesignationFM 31-5

EditionJan 1941

StatusSuperseded

Pages224

FunctionSmall Unit Tactics

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

References 12

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