Ede – Arnhemseweg (1)

Infantry of the 11th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 49th (West Riding) Division, searching houses in Ede in Holland, 17 April 1945.
Then image: Imperial War Museum
© IWM (BU 4217)
Creator: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Handford (Lt)
Then image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

 

 

Budapest – Elisabeth Bridge (1)

Russian Soldiers are liberating the city of Budapest of Nazism in 1944-1945. But instead of liberating the city, the Russians occupied the city.
Then image: ??
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.eu / Cor Sleutel

Budapest – Gellert Hill

Two german soldiers are enjoying the view from the Gellert Hill in Budapest. This is one of my favorite shots.
Then image: After the battle magazine issue 40
Original Source: ?
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Aachen – Adalbersteinweg / Oranienstraße (1)

Private in conversation with HQ during the battle of Aachen in 1944 at the corner of Adalbertsteinweg junction Oranienstraße.
Then image: US Signal Corps / SC195637
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel

Vienna – Heldenplatz (3)

Hitler arriving at the heldenplatz for his speech to the Viennese from a balcony of the Habsburg palace, the Hofburg, on 15 March 1938. In the background is the heroic statue of Archduke Karl.
Then image: Heinrich Hoffmann, “Hitler in seiner Heimat,” Munich, 1938
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Vienna – Heldenplatz (2)

Hitler arriving at the heldenplatz for his speech to the Viennese from a balcony of the Habsburg palace, the Hofburg, on 15 March 1938. In the background is the heroic statue of Archduke Karl.
Then image: http://adolfhitlerbestpictures.blogspot.nl
Source: Heinrich Hoffmann, “Hitler in seiner Heimat,” Munich, 1938
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Vienna – Heldenplatz (1)

Russian Soldiers at the Heldenplatz in 1945. The place where once Hitler in 1938 declared Austria “Heim in Reich”.
Then image: https://incredibleimages4u.blogspot.nl 
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Vienna – Mariahilfer Straße

Cheering people at Hitler’s Victory Pararde in 1938 at the Vienna Ring in Vienna.
Then image: https://austria-forum.org
Copyright: © APA / HeinrichHoffmann / ÖNB (non commercial use only)
Now image :WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Gemen – Ahauser Straße (2)

Operation Varsity: Motor transport of 7th Armoured Division in Gemen during the advance in Germany, 30 March 1945.
Then image: Imperial War Museum (see below)
© IWM (BU 2832)
Creator: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Travis (Sgt)
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Caen – Boulevard des Allies / Rue Saint Jain

A lieutenant and another soldier of the Royal Ulster Rifles observe a roadsign among the ruins of Caen in 1944.
Then image: dday-overlord.com (see below)
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel