Obersalzberg – Eagles Nest (2)

Posted before because i’m on Holiday.
Men of the 101st Airborne Division, June 8, 1945, take it easy in front of the fireplace in the huge room of the Eagles Nest.
Then image: http://www.nydailynews.com
Source: AP
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Caen – Boulevard des Alliés

Soldiers in front of “The Pop Inn”, the new Navy Canteen, Army and Air Force Institute, Caen, France, July 27, 1944.
Then photo: http://sgmcaen.free.fr
Original Source: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
Now Photo: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel


Carentan – Rue Holgate (2)

A self-propelled howitzer M7 Priest of the 14th Armored Field Artillery Battalion of the 2nd Armored Division at the intersection of Holgate Street and the railway line Paris-Cherbourg, in Carentan
Source: Wikikmedia
Author: US Army Signal Corps
Now Photo: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Wewelsburg – Gasthaus Ottens Hof

Heinrich Himmler visiting Landgasthaus Ottens Hof near Wewelsburg. Gasthaus is still there and is behind me.
Then image: http://falanszter.blog.hu/
Source: Thuleitalia.it
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Aalst – Irish Guards (2)

Irish Guards in Aalst (near Eindhoven), The Netherlands, 18 september 1944
Then image: Nationaal Archief
Archive : Photocollection Van de Poll
Free Domain
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Carentan – Rue Holgate (1)

Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne standing on the ruins of a house after the Battle of Carentan 15 June 1944.
Then image: http://demons.swallowthesky.org
Original Source: ??
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Sword beach – Hermanville sur Mer (2)

British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 French civilians pass a British military policeman of No. 6 Beach Group in La Brèche d’Hermanville, 6 June 1944
Then image: Wikimedia 
Original Source: Imperial War Museum
Catalogue number: B 5043
Creator: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Mapham J (Sgt)
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Sicily – Belpasso (2)

The Tiger was one of the most feared German tanks of the Second World War. Heavily armoured and fitted with a powerful 88 mm gun, few Allied or Soviet tanks were a match for it in open combat. This example was knocked out at Belpasso in Catania during the Allied invasion of Sicily.
Then image: National Army Museum (used with permission)
Nam Accesion number: NAM. 1975-03-63-14-2
Creator: Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Remagen – Ludendorff Bridge

Men of the 9th Infantry Division and 9th Armored Division near the Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, March 1945.
Then image: https://9thinfantrydivision.net
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Kleve – Triftstraße

Churchill tanks drive along a badly damaged Triftstraße in Kleve, Germany, 12 February 1945.
Then image: Wikimedia
Original Source : Imperial War Museum
Catalogue number: B 14513
Creator: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel