Newlands, Emma (2013) "They even gave us oranges on one
occasion" : Human experimentation in the British Army during the
Second Wolrd War. War and Society, 32 (1). (In Press)Full text
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Strathclyde author) This article explores the various human
experiments that were conducted on British army personnel during
the Second World War. While some historical work has focused on
trials at the Porton Down facility, this paper will start by
placing these in the context of the wider range of research
projects that were conducted using British troops in the Second
World War. It will then consider the question of why conscript
soldiers participated in trials. Comparative studies have
focused on the ethics of human experimentation in military
contexts but this article argues that ethical considerations
were only part of the story. Using the oral testimonies of those
that were involved in this type of research, it considers how
military culture, material incentives a