Sandeep Mukherjee"""Growing up in Rourkela, with a visible German population in the early years of the Steel Plant, the author developed an interest in World War II, its history and lore. Many decades of study, in this fascinating domain, starting with 'war stories' nd then pursuing it as a serious field of research, gave him significant expertise and specialisation in this subject. He wrote extensively on an international history forum dedicated to 'Axis History', for years. He tweets regularly on military history and analysis from the handle- libertarian196. It was on twitter that senior, retired officers of the Indian armed forces encouraged and advised him to take an interest in Indian Military History too. This led to his association with the defense & strategic affairs website- India Sentinels, under his own name. In recent years the author published highly appreciated articles, based on interviews with military participants and experts, on a range of stories like the Indian airborne operations in Maldives (1988), a gallant sapper - action in the Bangladesh war (1971), the exploits of the Indian Navy's Vikrant Battle Group, in forcing a favourable outcome in the east (1971), gripping accounts of battles on the LOC, in the Batalik (Kargil) area, under unfavourable conditions, amongst others. Apart from military history, he actively engages in study, analysis and commentary on contemporary military matters, with particular focus on the 2020 Chinese incursions in Eastern Ladakh. He has done a number of interview-based articles and videos on this subject, on the India Sentinels website and their YouTube channel. The videos are to be found in the 'Sandy Wars' series, on this channel. The author is a management consultant by profession. """ Read More Read Less