Amphibious operations are a topic central to the history of World War Two in the Pacific Theatre. The majority of research on this topic has been centred on the impact of American experiences and successes attributed to the development and evolution of amphibious warfare. The contributions of the United Kingdom and Japan to the development of amphibious warfare have been either overlooked or marginalized. This thesis will investigate the amphibious activities of all three powers both during and before the Pacific War, and seek to explain the importance of each nation's contribution to amphibious warfare. In addition, the thesis will demonstrate how in its highest forms amphibious operations became a fully fledged system of global force projection. The thesis will explain how each of these powers interpreted the legacy of the failure of the 1915 Gallipoli campaign both in the context of their own wartime experiences, and in their respective strategic worldviews. This interpretation is central to how each power prepared for amphibious operations in the next war. The importance of the geography of the Pacific Ocean to the evolution and development of amphibious warfare will be discussed, as will the advances in technology that allowed the creation of logistical systems to support these operations.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Texas Christian University, 2008. / Title from dissertation title page (viewed May 13, 2008). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2008. / Thesis Advisor(s): Nussbaum, Daniel A. "December 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on February 2, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Texas Christian University, 2008. / UMI Number: 3303585. Title from dissertation title page (viewed May 13, 2008). Includes bibliographical references and abstract. Also available via the World Wide Web.

The development and experimental testing of the DUKW-Ling amphibious vehicle was performed during the first phase of an autonomous amphibious vehicle system development project. The DUKW-Ling is a 1/7th scale model of a cargo transport concept vehicle. The vehicle was tested in the three regions it is required to operate: land, sea and the surf zone region. Vehicle characteristics such as turning radii, yaw rate and velocities were found for different motor inputs on land and water. Also, because a vehicle navigating the surf zone is a new area of research that lacks experimental data the vehicle was tested in the breaking waves of the surf zone and its motion characteristics were found, as well as the drivetrain forces required to perform this transition. Maneuvering tests provided data that was used to estimate a model for future autonomous control efforts for both land and water navigation. / by Joseph G. Marquardt. / Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. / Includes bibliography.

Thesis (M.S.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2003. / Title from title screen (viewed Aug. 3, 2004). "September 2003." Includes bibliographical references. Also issued in paper format.

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Thomas Lucas, Russell Gottfried. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

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Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2002. / Thesis advisor(s): Javier Salmeron, David A. Schrady. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-53). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Applied Physics)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2005. / Thesis Advisor(s): Richard Harkins, Ravi Vaidyanathan. Includes bibliographical references (p.87-88). Also available online.