Then and Now

[Jagdflieger]

Panther posted this link in the Newshawks forum yesterday. It is a set of photos depicting Normandy during the D Day operations and how those same locations appear today. For any WW II buff, this is well worth visiting.

http://acidcow.com/pics/3772-normandy_1944_then_and_now_204_pics.html

 

[erufle]

It is amazing how so much was able to be saved.

 

[hewman100]

Some of those restorations are phenominal

 

[miamieagle]

Great site Jag. Thank you!:ernae:

 

[Ghostrider]

Cool stuff - it just wasn't all that long ago, was it? Some of the young men in those photos are still walking among us as great-grandfathers.

 

[Robert John]

Nice pics some one can do some nice modleing from these.

 

[whitehawk_2009]

Great collection!

WH

 

[Wulf190]

Thats cool!

 

[Jaxon]

Very impressive - thanks, Jagd!

This is my fav: The plane looks so oddly placed like on a bad made diorama:

http://acidcow.com/pics/20090902/pics/8/normandie_1944_then_now_165.jpg

I further wonder how much was repaired/restored.
Most of the destroyed buildings in Germany were completely rebuilt, even roads often take new routes.

 

[egypt23spitfire]

............thanks fer h/u JAG
...........NICE COLLECTION:ernae:

lots of poignant pix there,
i like the one of the anti invasion barricades turning into bathing huts in the 2nd pic

 

[PJMack]

Great stuff Jag. I'll show my son when he wakes up.

 

[Fibber]

Jax; Did you notice the plane in the middle of the picture? Must have been a hairy setdown.