Military History and data: the US Navy in World War II

[Rich Rostrom]

http://sappingattention.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/military-history-and-data-us-navy-in.html

The author was able to pull (from digitized ships' logs)
the locations of USN ships during WW II

This data was then plotted on a series of maps,
one for each quarter year from 1/1942 through
4/1945.

The maps cover the Pacific, the Gulf and Caribbean,
and the eastern Indian Ocean. They show very clearly
how the focus of USN operations changed over time.

He also created an animation combining the U.S.
data with Japanese data.

Way cool.

[Paul F Austin]

Post by Rich Rostrom
http://sappingattention.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/military-history-and-data-us-navy-in.html
The author was able to pull (from digitized ships' logs)
the locations of USN ships during WW II
This data was then plotted on a series of maps,
one for each quarter year from 1/1942 through
4/1945.
The maps cover the Pacific, the Gulf and Caribbean,
and the eastern Indian Ocean. They show very clearly
how the focus of USN operations changed over time.
He also created an animation combining the U.S.
data with Japanese data.
Way cool.

Cool and at the same time, disappointing in his comments about military
history being outside the current main stream of historical research.

Paul

[Michael Kuettner]

Post by Paul F Austin

Post by Rich Rostrom
http://sappingattention.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/military-history-and-data-us-navy-in.html
The author was able to pull (from digitized ships' logs)
the locations of USN ships during WW II
This data was then plotted on a series of maps,
one for each quarter year from 1/1942 through
4/1945.
The maps cover the Pacific, the Gulf and Caribbean,
and the eastern Indian Ocean. They show very clearly
how the focus of USN operations changed over time.
He also created an animation combining the U.S.
data with Japanese data.
Way cool.

Cool and at the same time, disappointing in his comments about military
history being outside the current main stream of historical research.

But he's right.
In Britain, military history is seen as a subject pursued by
pensioned majors; shortly - not a serious subject.
In Germany and Austria, military history is a pariah.
The situation gets a little better; but very, very slowly.

Cheers,

Michael Kuettner