Twenty Years After The Battlefields Of 1914 - 1918: Then & Now
Edited by Sir Ernest Swinton
Published by George Newnes Limited: London 1936 1st Edition (undated - research indicates 1936 1st Ed, please research for your own confirmation as required.)
Includes Volumes 1 & 2 As a Complete 2vol Set - Lacks Supplementary Volume
"Major-General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton (1868 - 1951) was a British Army officer who played a part in the development and adoption of the tank during the First World War. He was also a war correspondent and author of several short stories on military themes. He is credited, along with fellow officer Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Dally Jones, with having initiated the use of the word "tank" as a code-name for the first British, tracked, armoured fighting vehicles.
This richly illustrated volume presents a remarkable visual and narrative comparison of the major battlefields of the First World War as they appeared during the conflict and two decades later. Edited by Sir Ernest Swinton — a distinguished British Army officer, war correspondent, and military theorist — the book revisits the scarred landscapes of Flanders, the Somme, Verdun, Ypres, and other key fronts through "then and now" photography. Archival war images are paired with contemporary 1930s photographs showing towns rebuilt, fields re-cultivated, and nature reclaiming once-devastated terrain. The accompanying text provides both historical commentary and reflective insight into the enduring legacy of the Great War on European soil and psyche.
The work appeals strongly to collectors of WWI history, military historians, and anyone interested in the transformation of Europe between the wars. Its combination of early battlefield photography, postwar documentation, and the authoritative perspective of Swinton makes it a poignant historical record — a bridge between living memory and historical reflection in the interwar period."
