Abstract
Abstract
Highlights
The Second World War arguably produced more documentary evidence than any other major historical conflict (Moshenska 2013), with military files, maps, films, photographs, reports and testimonies preserved in many countries and languages
We have reviewed relevant U.S Army files in the National Archive and Records Administration, as well as several sets of historical aerial reconnaissance photographs, most of which are available through the National Collection of Aerial Photography in Scotland
The combination of methods chosen for this case study has allowed us to locate a possible U.S Army Light machine gun (LMG) position and ammunition fire in an area of the battlefield in the Hürtgen
Summary
The Second World War arguably produced more documentary evidence than any other major historical conflict (Moshenska 2013), with military files, maps, films, photographs, reports and testimonies preserved in many countries and languages. Over the past 75 years, the war has been subject to academic scrutiny, as well as the subject of diverse narratives and cultures of memory (Evans & Lunn 1997; Dawson et al 2000; Jarausch & Lindenberger 2007). Most historical narratives are often disconnected from the physical location and projected onto imagined spaces A full understanding of specific military events is difficult to achieve if written and documentary sources are considered in isolation from the material evidence of such battles. Most aspects of past warfare cannot be thoroughly assessed without due consideration of their archaeological and geoarchaeological traces
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