World Leaders in Wartime: Winfield Scott and Joint Warfare in 1847-1848
World Leaders in Wartime: Winfield Scott and Joint Warfare in 1847-1848
In March of 1847 General Winfield Scott led the first large-scale joint operation in U.S. history. Seeking to compel a favorable conclusion to the ongoing war with Mexico, the veteran U.S. Army commander developed an ad hoc partnership with the U.S. Navy to conduct an amphibious landing and assault on the fortress city of Veracruz […]