Sherman tanks of the 5th Canadian Armoured Division and infantry of the 11th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 49th (West Riding) Division, advance through the outskirts of Ede in Holland, 17 April 1945. (note: the archway door is still there but behind the hedge)
Then image: © IWM (BU 4216)
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At 8:15 a.m. on 6 August 1945, the first atomic bomb to be used in war was dropped by the United States Army Air Forces from the Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber. The force of the atomic bomb effectively obliterated the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
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It is one of the few larger buildings that remained standing after the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, despite the fact that the building was 160 meters from the explosion. Staying upright is attributed to the fact that the bomb was exploded at a height of 580 meters.
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Now image: www.NOWstalgia.eu / M. van den Broek
The Genbaku Dome is a building that has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1996. It is one of the few larger buildings that remained standing after the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
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The Genbaku Dome before, after the atomic bomb at Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and also during 2015.
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After their landing on 10 May 1940, German paratroopers defend the area of the Tweede Tol, Dordrecht.
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Panzer Units from the British third Royal Tank regiment taking a break at the Heuvel in the center of Geldrop, 21 September 1944.
Then image: https://www.hdc-geldrop-mierlo.nl
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Junction of the Eindhovenseweg and the Hulst during the liberation of Geldrop in september 1944. The cafe on the corner called ‘Huukske is not there anymore.
Then image: Geldrop in Beeld (facebook)
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Same Cromwell tank from the 15e/19e Kings Royal Hussars with Soldiers on top of the tank from the American paratroopers of the 506 regiment of the 101ste Airbone division.
Then image + text : Geldrop in beeld (facebookpage)
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Troops passing through the damaged town of Geilenkirchen, 21 November 1944.
Then image: © IWM (B 12021)
Photographer: Sgt. Midgley
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