"""War Is War , And I Must Carry Out My Duty"": A Geospatial And Statistical Analysis of North Carolina's First World War Battlescape"

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Janie Rose Knutson (Creator)

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East Carolina University (ECU )

Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/

Abstract: "Although the United States was late to enter the First World War , the waters of the nation became a battlefield from 1917 onward. Ships operating along North Carolina's coast recurrently fell victim to the unrestricted U-boat campaign. While often forgotten in the historic record , this study follows an ongoing trend in archaeology after the conclusion of projects on the Second World War , in looking at the effects of World War One on the cultural landscape. This thesis is an historical study that compiles a record of all vessels , infrastructure , civilians , and combatants lost , damaged , or attacked in war-related incidents before , during , and after the United States entry into World War One. Primary and secondary historical sources reveal the attack and sinking locations of vessels , pinpointing the positions of potential archaeological (shipwreck) sites. This thesis also utilizes Geographical Information System (GIS) software to render a digitized projection of the battlescape. The overall objective of this thesis is to analyze a collected historical dataset and study the points of conflict between combatants off the coast of North Carolina , and to assess geospatial and temporal trends. Ultimately the main question being pursued is , ""what does the geospatial and statistical analysis of trends regarding WW1-era infrastructure , combatants , and noncombatants inform us about the naval battlescape off the coast of North Carolina?"""

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Language: English

Date: 2018

Keywords

Submarines, U-boats, Battlefield, Battlescape

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