CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 13 13 CHAPTER 1 WHAT Is A MARINE CORPs Development Galley Warfare Command structure 15 17 19 19 21 CHAPTER 2 EARLIEST MARINE CORPS Byzantine Empire Spain and Portugal Royal Marines The Royal Netherlands Corps Mariniers Michiel Adriaanszoon de Ruyter 26 28 CHAPTER 3 MAJOR MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS THROUGH THE 19TH CENTURY 30 American Revolution 30 Great Siege of Gibraltar 31 Napoleonic Wars 34 Royal Marines Battalions American Civil War 36 CHAPTER 4 MAJOR MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS FROM THE EARLY 2OTH CENTURY THROUGH THE PRESENT 39 Banana Wars 39 World War I 41 Gallipoli Campaign 42 World War II 44 Korean War 47 48 Suez Crisis Vietnam War Falkland Islands War 50 52
53 Persian Gulf War Afghanistan War Iraq War 55 56 CHAPTER 5 NOTABLE MARINE CORPS AROUND THE WORLD 58 China 58 France 60 The Netherlands 61 Russia 63 South Korea 65 United Kingdom 66 Commando Training Centre Royal Marines 67 CHAPTER 6 THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPs 70 Organization 70 Recruit Training 72 Women in the United States Marine Corps 75 Semper Fidelis 77 Technology 78 Vehicles 79 Aircraft 81 CHAPTER 7 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPs 83 United States Marine Corps in the 19th Century 85 Occupation of Haiti 87 United States Marine Corps in the Early 2oth Century 88 Battle of Belleau Wood 89 Battle of Iwo Jima 91 United States Marine Corps from C 1950 to c 2000 93 Lewis Puller 95 The United States Marine Corps in the Present 98 102 103 CONCLUSION GLOSSARY FOR MORE INFORMATION FOR FURTHER READING INDEX 106 110 112
