Understanding "the fog of war" : archaeological, historical, and geospatial modeling of North Carolina's torpedo junction / by Tyler McLellan.
| Author/creator |
McLellan, Tyler author. |
| Other author/creator | Richards, Nathan, degree supervisor. |
| Other author/creator | East Carolina University. Department of History. |
| Format | Theses and dissertations, Electronic, and Book |
| Publication Info | [Greenville, N.C.] : [East Carolina University], 2021. |
| Description | 176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps |
| Supplemental Content | Access via ScholarShip |
| Subject(s) |
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| Summary | This thesis studies the German U-boat attacks on Allied merchant ships off the coast of North Carolina as part of the Battle of the Atlantic in the spring of 1942. Position fixing methods were not precise during the mid-20th century, and confusion during the attacks often led to misreported locations. This study seeks to reconstruct successful attacks by utilizing personal accounts, weather reports, merchant and U-boat routing information, U-boat and Allied attack and counter-attack methods, as well as the location of the wrecked vessel. By reconstructing and plotting the attack from beginning to end, imprecise and false coordinates can be interpreted in comparison to a vessel's true location, and a pattern may appear between the attacks. Once this pattern is understood, the "fog of war," or the uncertainty of battle, may be lifted, and the true sequence of events will be understood for vessels in this study and potentially for those that have yet to be found elsewhere. |
| General note | Presented to the faculty of the Program in Maritime Studies of the Department of History. |
| General note | Advisor: Nathan Richards |
| General note | Title from PDF t.p. (viewed November 15, 2021). |
| Dissertation note | M.A. East Carolina University 2021. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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