Sicily – Belpasso

Knocked out Mk VI Tiger tank at Belpasso, Sicily 1943.
Then image: National Army Museum (used with permission)
NAM Accession Number: NAM. 1975-03-63-14-5
Author: Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
Now Image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

WW2 Then in Now blog

Currently working on a blog for WW2 Then in Now, just for people without facebook. The blog is not finished yet but here already a draft. Please let me know, what you think.
All photo’s posted on the website consists of 3 slides with a then photo, a now photo and the merge photo.

Utah Beach – Antitank Wall

US Army soldiers of the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, move out over the seawall on Utah Beach after coming ashore in front of a concrete wall near La Madeleine
Then image: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk
Source:  Reuters ?
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Sword Beach – Hermanville-sur-Mer

German prisoners being escorted back through La Brèche d’Hermanville by men of the 2nd King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, 6 June 1944.
Then image: Wikimedia
Source: Imperial War Museum
Catalogue number: B 5027
Author: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Mapham J (Sgt)
Now Image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Point du Hoc

Point du Hoc, 6th June 1944: German prisoners are led by the Rangers at the foot of the cliff.
Then image: http://www.dday-overlord.com
US Archives
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel


Remagen – Marktstrasse (1)

Troops of the 47th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 9th Infantry Division, march through Remagen to cross the Ludendorff Bridge on March 9, 1945.
Then image: Wikimedia
Author: US Army (Nara)
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

A’dam – Johan Daniel Meijerplein

Razzia on Jews, Jonas Daniël Meijerplein, 22 February 1941
Then image: Wikimedia (free domain)
Source: http://www.beeldbankwo2.nl/ beeldnummer 97181
Author: Anonymous
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Den Haag – Lange Poten

General der Flieger and Oberbefehlshaber der Wehrmacht Friedrich Christiansen (third from left) arrives in The Hague at the Lange Poten accompanied by a number of senior German officers. He stayed during the war, the commander of the Wehrmacht in Netherlands.
Then image: Wikimedia (free domain)
Author: Fotodienst NSB
Source: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Object number NG-2007-35-132
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Kevelaer – Amsterdamer Strasse (1)

Sherman tanks of 8th Armoured Brigade in Kevelaer, 4 March 1945.
Then image: Imperial War Museum
C
atalogue number: B 15146
Creator: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Hutchinson (Sgt)
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel

Haarlem – Smedestraat

Arrival of the German troops on the Grote Markt at the corner of the Smedestraat, looking east, 16 May, 1940
Then image: Noord Hollands Archief
Collection: Kennmerland
Inventarisatienummer: NL-HlmNHA_54000698
Vervaardiger: Peperkamp, Adrianus (1903-1982)
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel