Zuidema doctrine

The Zuidema doctrine is a developed in Tiperyn shortly following the Grand Campaigns in the 1920s and 1930s. It placed a heavy emphasis on the use of naval power as a means of projecting conventional military land and air forces onto contested land, as well as the use of socio-political forces to disrupt the enemy's industry, supply lines, and control over its population.

The theory is named for its main proponent, Lieutenant General Olrik Zuidema, who was the commander of the Tiperyn IV Corps during the war. This corps fought in Western Artemia and was most notably responsible for the Urrunaga landings in modern day Boaga that saw the breaking of the stalemate on the Agranan Front. The war in Western Artemia was the first time the Tiperyn military carried out contested amphibious entries, used dedicated warships to launch and recover aircraft, and incited civil unrest in an enemy state to bring about the end of conventional conflict.

By the end of the Grand Campaigns, Tiperyn was shifting from a declining colonial power towards a great power in its own right. The writings of Zuidema and company were a distinct change from previous Tiperyn military thinking, which did not synthesize naval and land power (and did not consider air power whatsoever). Rather, they suggested that the battles at sea and on land were separate phases of one continuous fight. It was acknowledged that every land fight Tiperyn would fight in the future would begin at sea.

Sea-Land Battle
At the core of the Zuidema doctrine is the intergration of warships, naval air power, and ground forces to fight on continuous and offensive battle. Although the Realm Armada (navy) would need to still focus on the sea control, this was envisioned as a means to enable the land battle. This meant investments would had to be made in the Realm Armada's sealift capacity, as well as specialized platforms for delivering amphibious infantry during forced entry. At the beginning of Tiperyn's involvement in the Grand Campaigns, most of Tiperyn's analogous capbility consisted of troop transports meant for administratively transporting troops between ports.