The familiar claim that Britain ignored amphibious warfare after Gallipoli does not fit the activity described here. A joint Landing Craft Committee began work in 1924 with senior Admiralty and Army representation, and the first Motor Landing Craft entered service in 1926. Annual exercises continued on Britain's south coast and around Ceylon, giving soldiers, sailors, airmen, and naval constructors recurring opportunities to test the system. In 1938, Reginald Henderson replaced the increasingly stale committee with a new inter-service training and development centre. He also brought Roger Keyes back to lead Combined Operations, connecting experimental machinery with an operational command.
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The myth of neglected interwar amphibious warfare
Interwar Britain retained amphibious expertise through a joint committee, new craft, recurring exercises, and Henderson's inter-service reform.