[PIC GALLERY] WW2 Then & Now

[Louis]

Paris under occupation: German military orchestra at place de l'Opera, June 1941.

 

[Gunner]

This is a Then&Now YouTube video by a group called SNAFU DOCS.
If you do a search for them on YouTube you'll come up with about a dozen videos.
It would be great to do a walk about with them.

 

[Gunner]

The are pics below are from the Warfare History Network website.
Great articles and excellent pictures.
I print the articles to pdf’s and read them at my leisure.

This before and after is from “Assault on Oslo: The Naval Disaster in the Drøbak Strait”
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2...oslo-the-naval-disaster-in-the-drobak-strait/

It doesn't say so but it sure looks to be the same gun.

And the damage it caused

 

[Louis]

NZ members on a channel bridge in Venice, 1945.

 

[Louis]

About the photo posted by @Rico today: US soldier in Carentan after the fighting there in June 1944.
And Feb 2021, today named Carentan les Marais. Almost almost the same angle (Excuse the quality, capture achieved with my cell phone)

 

[julianj]

The are pics below are from the Warfare History Network website.
Great articles and excellent pictures.
I print the articles to pdf’s and read them at my leisure.

This before and after is from “Assault on Oslo: The Naval Disaster in the Drøbak Strait”
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2...oslo-the-naval-disaster-in-the-drobak-strait/

It doesn't say so but it sure looks to be the same gun.

I saw a doc on Youtube (sorry can't remember what it was called) about the German invasion of Norway and that was the gun that sank the Blucher. So you are correct.

 

[Louis]

B-17 Flying Fortress is on display under the Eiffel tower, July 31, 1945.

 

[Louis]

View of the beach, Étretat, France.

 

[Gnarly]

Étretat, France

 

[Gunner]

Nice post Louis.
I always enjoy these before and after's.

I looked up Etretat and found it was north east of Le Havre and outside the Normandy invasion area.

I took a “drive” around Etretat using Google maps.
It is a very pretty area. I’d very much would like to go there.
I found a bunker that is still on the beach but it doesn’t have the view that your picture above has.

Moving further down the beach is where you would get that view but there was no bunker.
I did notice however a concrete patch in the cliff wall. At first I thought that was where the bunker was but in the sepia photo with the gun in it it looks like there is a slot in the cliff face where the bunker may have been bunker and figure that must be the where the picture was taken from.

Thanks again Louis. It was fun driving around France if only virtually.

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[Louis]

U.S. soldiers at the Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, April 16, 1945, during the GI memorial service for President FDR.

 

[Louis]

Piazza Venezia & Via del Corso, Rome, 1944. Euphoria for liberation.

 

[Louis]

American soldier reunites with his wife at train station New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1945.

 

[rocketman]

What a fitting name for the station. Love the expression of the couple next to the reunited pair.

 

[Nort]

Even the gal on the bench is enjoying the moment.

 

[Gunner]

You know it's a nice town with kind people when it has a Puppy Courtesy Bowl.

 

[Louis]

Allied Forces at Piazza Venezia in Rome, June 1944.

 

[Gunner]

Louis your pics are always giving me an education.

"Palazzo Venezia is the building that gave the square its name and was built between 1455 and 1464 by Cardinal Pietro Barbo, who went on to become Pope Paul II. It was a papal residence until Pope Pius IV handed it to Venice and the building was used as the embassy."

 

[Louis]

1941 and today... The angle is not the same, but both images show that history repeats itself in Ukraine.

 

[chiquichops]

I shudder to think what Ukrainian towns and cities will look like in a few months time. I feel very sad seeing current events.