However, World War II would provide a fertile venue for unconventional soldiers with their own ways of fighting, especially the Rangers, who had performed exceptionally well in their first battles.Īs Allied forces advanced from Algeria eastward into Tunisia, the Axis poured in reinforcements to protect Erwin Rommel’s precarious supply line.

military for unconventional warfare from 1865 until the start of World War II. There simply was no interest within the U.S. The next war would be won by the marksmanship of riflemen, the firepower of massed artillery, and the mobility of horse cavalry. Army doctrine was largely shaped by French influence. Marine Corps, while the Army prepared to fight the next “big war.” U.S.

Army saw little need for specialist Rangers. In the decades after the Civil War, the U.S.