11 Insane D-Day Photos that Meld Past And Present

Present pictures taken from the same spots as D-Day pictures 74 years ago.

By SoggyLuvWood

Published 6 years ago in Wow

Present pictures taken from the same spots as D-Day pictures 74 years ago.

1
The seafront and Juno Beach on May 5, 2014, in Bernieres-sur-Mer, France, juxtaposed with troops of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division landing at the beach on D-Day.

2
Juno Beach on May 8, 2014, in Bernieres sur Mer, France, juxtaposed with a Canadian soldier at the head of a group of German prisoners of war, including two officers, on Juno Beach on June 6, 1944.

3
The old village fountain on May 7, 2014, in Sainte Marie du Mont, France, where a group of American soldiers stood on June 12, 1944.
4
A view of the roadway on May 7, 2014, in Saint Lo, France, where US Army trucks and jeeps once drove through.

5
The cliffs on May 6, 2014, in Pointe du Hoc, France, where German prisoners were gathered as an American flag was deployed for signaling on Omaha Beach.
6
A view of the market square on May 6, 2014, in Trevieres, France, juxtaposed with the image of the body of a German soldier belonging to the 2. Infanterie Regiment on the Market Square on June 15, 1944.
7
The street area and Notre-Dame Nativity church on May 5, 2014, in Bernieres-sur-Mer, France, where a Canadian soldier was directing traffic on D-Day.

8
The rue de Bayeux on May 5, 2014, in Caen, France. An older couple watched a Canadian soldier with a bulldozer working in the ruins of a house in the rue de Bayeux on July 10, 1944.
9
The graveyard with the church of Saint Georges de Basly in the background on May 5, 2014, in Basly, France, seen juxtaposed with three soldiers of the 23rd Field Ambulance of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division placing flowers on graves.
10
The seafront on April 5, 2014, in Weymouth, England, where US troops walked on the Esplanade on their way to embark on ships bound for Omaha Beach for the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944.

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The harbor on April 5, 2014, in Weymouth, England, where boats full of US troops waited to take part in Operation Overlord in Normandy in June 1944.
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The seafront and Juno Beach on May 5, 2014, in Bernieres-sur-Mer, France, juxtaposed with troops of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division landing at the beach on D-Day. (Sorry, I doubled up.)