A sherman tank passes a tram in the Via Guiseppe Garibaldi during the entry into Catania, 5 August 1943,
Then image: http://www.isiciliani.it
Original Source: IWM (?)
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A German soldier stands in the tower of the cathedral, gazing down upon the captured French city of Strasbourg on July 15, 1940. Adolf Hitler visited the city in June of 1940, declaring plans for the Strasbourg Cathedral, stating that it should become a “national sanctuary of the German people.”
Then image: AP Photo
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Same troops in Beringen, Belgium in September 1944, but now from another angle.
Then image: https://www.geocaching.com (see below)
Original Source: ?
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The city of Beringen, Belgium was liberated in September 1944. Here soldiers of the Welsh Guards are trying to hold the bridge. The bridge is no longer there. The driveway to the bridge is stil recognisable and the house in the background too. (see below)
Then image: http://www.heemkundebeverlo.be
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel, 26 November 2017.
A British DUKW carries supplies and American paratroopers across the Waal river at Nijmegen, 30 September 1944.
Then image: http://www.iwm.org.uk
© IWM (B 10434)
No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Midgley, A. N. (Sergeant)
17-pdr anti-tank gun of the 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Guards Armoured Division, guards the approaches to Nijmegen Bridge, 21 September 1944.
Then image: http://www.iwm.org.uk
© IWM (B 10171)
No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Midgley, A. N. (Sergeant)
Tankunits from the Irish Guards take position on a junction in Aalst, 18 September 1944.
Then image: www.gahetna.nl
National Archives, Netherlands
Author: Poll, Willem van de
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Lieutenant General J T Crocker, 1st Corps Commander, talking to some of the liberated civilians during his tour of Caen. (My sister acting as civilian)
Then image: © IWM (B 6779)
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
During the war in 1943, the Germans exhibited these tanks before the Palais Rohan to the Strasbourg population.
Then image: ?
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Daimler scout car of 1st King’s Dragoon Guards at the town hall in Naples, 1 October 1943.
Then image: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205204382
© IWM (NA 7433)
Creator: No. 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Mott (Sgt)
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