Questionable Redemption: Sherman Tank Commentary
I feel certain that several of you who follow this blog, like me follow YouTubers like the Chieftain (Nicholas Moran) and listen to podcasters like 'We Have Ways of Making You Talk' (James Holland and Al Murray). I am a fan and follow others, I watch all sorts of tank related stuff on YouTube, horde documentaries, collect and read books etcetera. I'm particularly fond of the Tank Chats delivered by the Bovington Tank Museum team for example. What I've really noticed over the past several years is a sea change in commentary surrounding allied tanks in WW2 but particularly a shift in how academics, popular publishing and amateur historians assess the merits of the Sherman tank. I have seen and heard what can only be assessed as an attempt to salvage this tank's historical reputation. What I've also detected across the public discussion is an inconsistency in how the attributes of tanks relative to one another are taken into account. To capture the kinds of assessm...
