Oosterbeek – Hotel Hartenstein

Major-General Robert E Urquhart, commanding 1st British Airborne Division, with the Pegasus airborne pennant in the grounds outside his headquarters at the Hartenstein Hotel in Oosterbeek, 22 September 1944.
Then image: Imperial War Museum
Catalogue number: BU 1136
Creator: Army Film and Photographic Unit, Smith D M (Sgt)
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Vienna – Schonbrunn (1)

The Gloriette after receiving a direct hit in a bombing raid, photograph, 1945
Then image: www.habsburger.net
Courtesy of Schloss Schönbrunn Kultur- und Betriebsges.m.b.H.
Now image: www.NOWstalgia / Cor Sleutel

Sicily – Trecastagni

Universal carriers of 2nd Wiltshire Regiment pass through Trecastagni, 9 August 1943. The image is not taken in Pedara as stated with the old image but in Trecastagni.
Then image: Wikimedia (free domain)
Imperial War Museum
Catalogue number: NA 5752
Creator: Loughlin (Sgt), No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit
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Nijmegen – Railway bridge (1)

DUKWs transport supplies across the River Waal at Nijmegen, below the railway bridge whose central span was broken by German frogmen using floating mines, 30 September 1944.
Then image: Imperial War Museum
Catalogue number: B 10435
Creator: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Midgley, A. N. (Sergeant)
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Arnhem – Utrechtsestraat

German POWs are marched back past a Churchill AVRE during fighting inArnhem, 14 April 1945.
Then image: Imperial War Museum
Catalogue number: BU3513
Creator: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Hewitt (Sgt)
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Kranenburg – Große Straße

Troops from the Highland Light Infantry of the 15th Scottish Division roll a large wooden swastika through the city of Kranenburg, Germany 1945.
“It appears the soldier at the back is David Mills. He rarely spoke about his time in World War II and didn’t claim his medals”
Then image: © IWM B 14427
Now Image: www.NOWstalgia.eu / Cor Sleutel

Sicily – Belpasso

Knocked out Mk VI Tiger tank at Belpasso, Sicily 1943.
Then image: National Army Museum (used with permission)
NAM Accession Number: NAM. 1975-03-63-14-5
Author: Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
Now Image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

WW2 Then in Now blog

Currently working on a blog for WW2 Then in Now, just for people without facebook. The blog is not finished yet but here already a draft. Please let me know, what you think.
All photo’s posted on the website consists of 3 slides with a then photo, a now photo and the merge photo.

Utah Beach – Antitank Wall

US Army soldiers of the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, move out over the seawall on Utah Beach after coming ashore in front of a concrete wall near La Madeleine
Then image: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk
Source:  Reuters ?
Now Image WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel