13 articles in this issue
Raymond Steenkamp Fonseca
From the Editor
From the guest editors
Edward P. F. Rose
The International Association for Military Geosciences (IAMG) was founded in 2013 at Aviemore in Scotland, during the 10th International Conference on Military Geosciences. The conference series had begun in 1994 in the United States, with subsequent almo... see more
Within British and Commonwealth forces of the Second World War, 42nd Geological Section was the only unit in which geologists and geophysicists deployed as a team into campaign areas. Water supply was a problem in many arid or semi-arid regions, and the s... see more
Hermann Häusler
The counter-intelligence service of the German Armed Forces High Command launched Operation Dora in 1941 to update terrain information of North Africa for the German warfare and to reconnoitre the frontier between Libya and Chad. This article presents Son... see more
H A P Smit,J H Van Der Merwe
Traditional military activities, such as fighting wars, are inherently destructive. Modern militaries undertake a diverse range of military activities, use large areas for military training and operational purposes, and are confronted with a global focus ... see more
Peter L Guth
Examples of castles and fortresses seen in publicly available LiDAR data by the national mapping agencies in Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and United States demonstrate the value of LiDAR data for understanding military h... see more
Andrew D Lohman
In many ways, military forces using advanced technologies have been able to overcome a number of the inherent and traditional challenges posed by physical geography. However, geography continues to play a significant role in military planning and operatio... see more
Mark H. Bulmer
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P Taborelli,A Devos,S Laratte,J Brenot
The Great War was marked on the western front mainly by a war of position (for 40 out of the 51 months of the conflict) along the 750 km of the front area from Flanders to Alsace. The objective of this article is to understand the spatial organisation of ... see more
Vittoria Latterza,Veronica Ros,Clara Turetta,Jacopo Gabrieli,Warren RL Cairns,Eleonora Balliana,Carlo Baroni,Maria Cristina Salvatore,Aldino Bondesan,Carlo Brabante
Chemical and lead isotope characterisation was carried out on shrapnel balls and bullets dating back to the First World War (WWI). These ammunitions were widely utilised in the Alpine Austrian–Italian front located in the Italian Alps. The investigation h... see more
Babalwa Mtshawu
Book Review
Clinton David Van Der Merwe