Research update
Research Dispatches provide updates on current and future BattlefieldTravels research and publications. The April 2026 Research Dispatch provides:
- An update on recently published articles and new features on the website
- Current articles in progress
- Emerging insights and themes from the research
- Special projects. For this month, I am continuing to work on the wartime diaries of the Commander US 6th Armored Division
- A look ahead to future focus areas
Publications in March 2026
Over the past month, BattlefieldTravels has continued to expand, both in terms of published studies and ongoing research.
Over the past month, I have published:
- A new battle study: D-Day: Pegasus Bridge glider assault, 6 June 1944, examining the planning and execution of one of the most audacious operations of the Second World War – a D-Day glider-borne assault on the Caen Canal and Orne River Bridges in Normandy.
- The new Tactical Innovations hub will bring together studies of how new ideas and technologies have altered the conduct of battle over the past 2500 years.
- A new article on Tactical Innovations: Machine Gun Theory, exploring how the introduction of sustained automatic fire reshaped battlefield tactics
- A developing series of observations on the war in Ukraine, focusing on how modern forces are adapting to terrain, sensors, and firepower. The first article is: Tactical Innovations: Lessons from the Russo-Ukrainian War
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