Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Marine Raiders

Also searchable as Carlson's Raiders, Edson's Raiders, Marine Raider battalions, US Marine Raiders.

Related time notes

  1. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    7:23Marine Raiders as specialistsChapter
  2. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    9:26Edson and Carlson led different Raider experimentsNotable Point
  3. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    11:25The Tribal-class elite-standard analogyNotable Point
  4. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    12:17Why Raiders failed conventional battalion testsNotable Point
  5. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    15:11Why the Royal Marines complicate the comparisonNotable Point
  6. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    16:29Carlson's modern Raider organizationNotable Point
  7. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    20:31V-boats set the raid's force limitNotable Point
  8. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    22:38The garrison Carlson expected to raidNotable Point
  9. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    23:40Landing confusion and the first fightChapter
  10. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    25:25How banzai charges reversed the defenseNotable Point
  11. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    26:58Peatross's detached squad changes the fightNotable Point
  12. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    28:31Flying boats and a difficult extractionChapter
  13. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    31:15A surrender message exposes command breakdownNotable Point
  14. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    31:41Submarine rescue becomes an improvised raft evacuationNotable Point
  15. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    33:11Casualties, claims, and Japanese recordsNotable Point
  16. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    35:28What the raid proved and wastedNotable Point
  17. Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol
    40:43The reconnaissance force the Pacific war did not developNotable Point