After The Battle #20 'THE DEATH OF GENERAL SIKORSKI' (1978)
For nearly 50 years, After the Battle has been presenting the history of the world's conflicts through 'then and now' comparison photographs. From the Zulu wars, through the First and Second World Wars; to the Falklands, all are researched on the actual battlefield to show how they appear today.
Our quarterly magazine concentrates on the Second World War, the comparison photographs adding a new dimension to recent history. As well as major battles, local actions are explored and other features include the recovery of aircraft and vehicles on land and sea, the making of war films and the preservation of military artifacts.
THE DEATH OF GENERAL SIKORSKI Search and Salvage, The Funeral, The Controversy, The Last Journey. War Film - Twelve o'clock High - James H. Farmer tells the story of the making of the 1949 film made in Florida portraying the Eighth Air Force. Personality - Lieutenant General Moshe Dayan. Preservation - Monty's Wartime Caravans - Field-Marshal Bernard Montgomery's Headquarters vehicles. It Happened Here - Airfield Construction in Holland - Eindhoven, Volkel, Grave, De Rips, Heesch, Helmond, Petit Brogel and Mill. Wreck Recovery - Scrapyard Panther - The discovery of a Panther V in a Surrey scrapyard in 1977. United Kingdom - Fairchild UC-61K Argus 43-15025 - The history of a military light monoplane restored by After the Battle.
Single magazine in Fair to Good Condition
