Category: Battle of the Atlantic
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Blackett and the Liberators
The Nobel Prizewinning physicist Patrick Blackett was also one of the pioneers of operational research, heading a new Directorate of OR for the Royal Navy during World War Two. Perhaps his most famous report was on convoy size, marshalling statistics in support of large convoys as a means to reduce merchant ship sinkings. Here, however,…
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Historical OR and its place in History
A few years ago, as a defence industry operational researcher with an interest in history, I joined YHWAG as a research student. My intention was to create a computer simulation of a historic battle, and Niall asked me to look into the WW2 Battle of the Atlantic as a possible source of inspiration. The idea…
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Fun and wargames at WATU
At the weekend I was lucky enough to be involved in a WW2 convoy battle wargame at the Western Approaches HQ at Derby House in Liverpool, from which the Battle of the Atlantic was commanded. The museum is an amazing place – it seems that it was left almost untouched until it opened as a…
Weighing the Fog of War 