Budapest – Liberty 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

Oosterbeek – Hotel Hartenstein (3)

1st Airborne Division soldiers use parachutes to signal to Allied supply aircraft from the grounds of 1st Airborne Division’s HQ at the Hartenstein Hotel in Oosterbeek, 23 September 1944.
Then image: Imperial War Museum
© IWM (BU 1119)
Creator: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Lewis (Sgt)
Now Image : WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel