Using KOCOA Military Terrain Analysis for the Assessment of Twentieth Century Battlefield Landscapes
Military terrain analysis serves as a tool to examine a battle commander’s view of a battlefield and permits to hindcast some of the rationale for actions taken. This can be augmented by physical evidence of the remains of the battle that still exist in the cultural landscape. In the case of World W...
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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2571-9408/3/3/42/ 2023-08-20T04:10:23+02:00 Using KOCOA Military Terrain Analysis for the Assessment of Twentieth Century Battlefield Landscapes Dirk HR Spennemann 2020-07-13 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage3030042 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Archaeological Heritage https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/heritage3030042 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Heritage; Volume 3; Issue 3; Pages: 753-781 battlefield archaeology military heritage cultural landscapes Text 2020 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage3030042 2023-07-31T23:46:04Z Military terrain analysis serves as a tool to examine a battle commander’s view of a battlefield and permits to hindcast some of the rationale for actions taken. This can be augmented by physical evidence of the remains of the battle that still exist in the cultural landscape. In the case of World War II-era battlefields, such terrain analysis has to take into account the influence of aerial warfare—the interrelationship between attacking aircraft and the siting of anti-aircraft guns. This paper examines these issues using the case example of the Japanese WWII-era base on Kiska in the Aleutian Islands (Alaska). Text Alaska Aleutian Islands MDPI Open Access Publishing Kiska ENVELOPE(155.830,155.830,50.258,50.258) Heritage 3 3 753 781 |
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Military terrain analysis serves as a tool to examine a battle commander’s view of a battlefield and permits to hindcast some of the rationale for actions taken. This can be augmented by physical evidence of the remains of the battle that still exist in the cultural landscape. In the case of World War II-era battlefields, such terrain analysis has to take into account the influence of aerial warfare—the interrelationship between attacking aircraft and the siting of anti-aircraft guns. This paper examines these issues using the case example of the Japanese WWII-era base on Kiska in the Aleutian Islands (Alaska). |
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