Journal Articles:
Heaslip, M 2019, ‘Britain’s armed forces and amphibious operations in peace and war 1919-1939: a Gallipoli curse?’, The Journal of Strategic Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2019.1570145
Abstract: Gallipoli left a lasting impression upon both the countries that participated and many that did not. It has been argued that the campaign negatively influenced Britain’s interwar amphibious preparations. Instead, this article will show that Britain’s armed forces were largely unaffected by such memories, and maintained their relative global standing in theory, equipment and training exercises for landing operations. The paper also highlights the role of amphibious warfare in fighting the many ‘little wars of Empire’ during the period.
Books:
Heaslip, M 2020, Gunboats, Empire and the China Station: The Royal Navy in Interwar East Asia, Bloomsbury.
Abstract: Gunboats, Empire and the China Station provides the first detailed examination of the Royal Navy’s everyday work maintaining the British Empire in 1920s East Asia against the wider backdrop of transformative changes in global geopolitics.
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