Canadian Soldier and my girlfriend in Zelzate at the border with Netherlands and Belgium looking for mines (and at instagram)
Then image: Canadaatwar.ca
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
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Aachen – Adalbertsteinweg (5)
Allied tanks at the Adalbertsteinweg going to the city center of Aachen during the battle for the city in 1944.
Then image: US Signal Corps / 17964
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Salerno – Piazza Amendola
Sherman tanks in the city of Salerno at the Piazza Amendola during Operation Avalanche in 1943.
Then image: ??
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Torre Annunziato – Via Vesuvio
Troops of the British Army 1/6th Queen’s Regiment riding on a Sherman tank of the British Army Royal Scots Greys regiment, Torre Annunciata, Italy, 1 Oct 1943.
Then image: © IWM NA 7347
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Auschwitz – Birkenau (3)
More selections at the ramp in Auschwitz – Birkenau in 1944.
Then image: Courtesy Yad Vashem (educational use only)
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Quedlinburg
Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler and his entourage on their way up to the ceremony at the grave of King Heinrich in Quedlinburg.
Then image: Bundesarchiv
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Acireale – Via Davi
British Infantry takes up a good position as a Sherman tank approached the town square in Acireale Sicily,1943 during operation Husky.
Then image: © IWM NA 5763
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Aci Sant’Antonio – Via Regina Margherita
British troops riding through Aci Sant’Antonio, Sicily on their way to Messina during operation Husky.
Then image: IWM?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Brugge – De Dyver
A normal day in Brugge in 1940 during the occupation of Brugge, Belgium.
Then image: © Collectie Soma Brussel (non commercial use)
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Zelzate
Canadian Soldiers at the border with Netherlands and Belgium in 1944. Not sure if the location is correct but the now photo is taken at boundary Marker 309 at Zelzate.
Then image: Canadaatwar.ca
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
