An Anzac landing scene is contrasted with modern practice and earlier, more orderly examples. The boats are not specialized, troops and equipment collect near the water, and there is little visible system for moving the force inland. A modern beachmaster would treat tents and milling personnel on the landing area as obstacles to every later wave. Amphibious capacity depends on traffic control and beach organization as much as on the craft that cross the water.
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Gallipoli shows why a landing needs beach control
A First World War landing image becomes a lesson in the organization needed to clear troops and stores from a beachhead.