G. D Shanks

Articles by G. D Shanks


Malaria Determined Military Outcomes in Burma (Myanmar) Across Three Centuries

Abstract Disease has often determined the outcome of tropical military campaigns. This is especially true in Burma (Myanmar), where entire armies have been incapacitated by fever thought to be due to malaria during the Sino-Burmese Wars (1765–1769), the Anglo-Burmese Wars (especially the first in 1824–1826) and World War II (1942–1945) when the British 14th Army… Read more »

By G. D Shanks In   Issue Volume 29 No. 4 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/12.2021-84318998/JMVH Vol 29 No 4

Acute Respiratory Epidemics in Australian Military Forces 1940

G. D Shanks, N Marsh Abstract Acute respiratory infections due to a variety of viral pathogens can incapacitate entire military units. During World War II, recruit camp epidemics of respiratory infections at Woodside Camp South Australia and Puckapunyal Victoria caused considerable morbidity with up to 44% attack rates but little if any mortality. Camp hospitals… Read more »

By N Marsh and G. D Shanks In   Issue Volume 29 No. 2 Doi No https://doi-ds.org/doilink/06.2021-58246746/JMVH Vol 29 No 2