Bastions Or Burdens? Assessing The Role Of Anglo-American Hospital Ships During The World Wars
Journal: NC Digital Online Collection of Knowledge and Scholarship (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
Year: 2019

Military historians rarely examine the evacuation of battlefield casualties. This project seeks to help remedy this deficiency by assessing the role of Anglo-American hospital ships during the First and Second World War. As far back as the eighteenth-century, military forces on both sides of the Atlantic have relied on hospital ships to provide a quick, efficient, safe, and comfortable means of evacuation for battlefield casualties. By observing their long-term development, and considering their