After The Battle #139 'The Capture Of Le Havre' (2008)
 
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 battlefields to show how they appear today.
 
The quarterly magazine concentrates on the Second World War, with comparison photographs adding a new dimension to recent history. In addition to major battles, local actions are explored, and other features include the recovery of aircraft and vehicles on land and at sea, the making of war films, and the preservation of military artifacts.
 
The capture of Le Havre was a classic example of a successful set-piece battle. After the German defences had been ‘softened up’ by colossal aerial and naval bombardment and artillery shelling, a ‘siege train’ of specialised armour broke through the outer crust of the German defensive perimeter and allowed two British infantry divisions to push through the gap and methodically reduce the enemy strongholds before driving into the heart of the city. Karel Margry tells this fascinating story.
 
The Plessey Tunnel Factory Andrew Emmerson tells us how in November 1940, the London – based Plessey Company, a major electrical firm and manufacturer of aircraft components, set up an underground factory in five miles of newly-constructed but still unused tunnels of the London Underground in northeast London.
 
The Carpatho-Dukla Operation – Pavel Nater explains how on August 29, 1944, the Slovak national army and partisan forces in the republic of Slovakia (the eastern half of former Czechoslovakia and a vassal state of Nazi Germany since March 1939) rose in rebellion in response to a German invasion of their territory. The fighting lasted for two months and ended in the defeat of the insurgents, their last stronghold of the town of Banska Bystrica falling on October 27.
 
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