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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-ff2674e0a8404345b35b6f11fca4853e2023-11-20T06:39:13ZengMDPI AGHeritage2571-94082020-07-013375378110.3390/heritage3030042Using KOCOA Military Terrain Analysis for the Assessment of Twentieth Century Battlefield LandscapesDirk HR Spennemann0Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, PO Box 789, Albury, NSW 2640, AustraliaMilitary 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).https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/3/3/42battlefield archaeologymilitary heritagecultural landscapes |
| spellingShingle | Dirk HR Spennemann Using KOCOA Military Terrain Analysis for the Assessment of Twentieth Century Battlefield Landscapes Heritage battlefield archaeology military heritage cultural landscapes |
| title | Using KOCOA Military Terrain Analysis for the Assessment of Twentieth Century Battlefield Landscapes |
| title_full | Using KOCOA Military Terrain Analysis for the Assessment of Twentieth Century Battlefield Landscapes |
| title_fullStr | Using KOCOA Military Terrain Analysis for the Assessment of Twentieth Century Battlefield Landscapes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using KOCOA Military Terrain Analysis for the Assessment of Twentieth Century Battlefield Landscapes |
| title_short | Using KOCOA Military Terrain Analysis for the Assessment of Twentieth Century Battlefield Landscapes |
| title_sort | using kocoa military terrain analysis for the assessment of twentieth century battlefield landscapes |
| topic | battlefield archaeology military heritage cultural landscapes |
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