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- Title
Dennis Showalter and the history of armour during Second World War.
- Authors
Roy, Kaushik
- Abstract
Whenever one thinks of the World War II, the image of dark menacing panzers cutting deep swathes into enemy forces comes up to the mind. No amount of interpretation and overinterpretation can belittle the extraordinary role-played by the panzers in World War II. Similarly, despite the presence of numerous good works by various historians and introduction of exotic methodologies, Professor Dennis Showalter's place in the world of academic writings on World War II can never be marginalized. The present article humbly attempts to highlight one aspect of Professor Showalter's research: history of tanks during the World War II. This essay has two sections. The first section evaluates Showalter's three works dealing with armour during the World War II. In the next section, the present author, inspired by Showalter's works on armoured war, attempts to recount the evolution of armoured branch in the Indian Army until the end of World War II. Indian tank units, as this article argues, played a crucial role in the capture of Meiktila and the subsequent 'Race to Rangoon'.
- Subjects
YANGON (Myanmar); WORLD War I; WORLD War II; INDIA. Army; ACADEMIC discourse
- Publication
War in History, 2022, Vol 29, Issue 1, p48
- ISSN
0968-3445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0968344520937137