Normandy 1944 - Then and Now
BERNIERES SUR MER Typical Norman house located along the beach at Juno Beach. (Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / Archives Nationales du CANADA)
BERNIERES SUR MER Canadian troops going ashore on Juno Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944. (Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / Archives Nationales du CANADA )
CAEN Sherman tanks of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers advancing into Caen. 10 July 1944. (Photo : Harold G. Aikman / Library and Archives Canada / PA-162667)
CAEN Place Foch. World War I memorial and rubble of the German kommandantur. (Photo : Archives Départementales du Calvados)
FRESNEY LE PUCEUX Privates Albert Thibault and Fernand Lachance, both of 2nd Canadian Infantry Division Headquarters, en route to Falaise - 12 August 1944. (Photograph : Lieut. Michael M. Dean / Library and Archives Canada / PA-169323)
BERNIERES SUR MER Infantrymen of Le Régiment de la Chaudière moving through the village, 6 June 1944. (Photo : Lieut. Frank L. Dubervill / Library and Archives Canada / PA-131436)
LONGUES SUR MER One of the blockhouses with one of the four 150mm guns of the M.K.B. Longues. (Photo : Archives Départementales du Calvados)
SAINTE MERE EGLISE Street scene in the village after its liberation by U.S. Troops. Looking East - June 1944. (Photo : U.S. Archives)
MARIGNY Inside the church after the fighting. (Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / U.S Archives)
LA MADELEINE A group of GI’s leaving the chapel after a mass. (Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / U.S Archives)
RAVENOVILLE Paratroopers of Hq & Hq Co / 508th PIR under the command of Captain Johnson and Abraham stop for a moment in the village before going south to find their unit. (Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / U.S Archives)
CARENTAN The entrance in Carentan by the street Holgate, coming from Periers road. (Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / U.S Archives)
CARENTAN A M-7 Priest of the 14th Armored Field Battalion / 2nd Armored Division at the crossroad of the street Holgate and the railroad Paris-Cherbourg. (Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / U.S Archives)
CARENTAN American paratroopers in a german Kübelwagen at the crossroads of the street Holgate and RN 13 (actually street of the 101st airborne). (Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / U.S Archives)
CARENTAN GI’s at the crossroads of the street Holgate and RN 13 (actually street of the 101st airborne). (Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / U.S Archives)
CARENTAN A jeep with medics of the 101st Airborne in the street Holgate towards the crossroads with the RN 13. (Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / U.S Archives)
CARENTAN ‘Place de la République’. Elements of the 101st Airborne are sitting and posing with children near the monument to the death of the world war one. (Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / U.S Archives)
CAEN 11 July 1944 - A Sherman tank of the Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment advancing into Caen. (Photo : Lieut. Michael M. Dean / Library and Archives Canada / PA-162583)
CAEN Bridge over the canal from caen to ouistreham. we are in the center of the town near the ‘Bassin St Pierre’. (Photo : Stollberg - Bundesarchiv)
BERNIERES SUR MER A member of the Canadian Provost Corps (C.P.C.) guarding the first German prisoners to be captured by Canadian soldiers in the Normandy beachhead, France, 6 June 1944. (Photo : Lieut. Frank L. Dubervill / Library and Archives Canada / PA-136280)
BERNIERES SUR MER German personnel captured on D-Day embarking for England. (Photo : Ken Bell / Library and Archives Canada / PA-132474)
CAEN 10 July 1944 - Residents looking after a Canadian bulldozer clearing rubble in the streets. (Photo : Archives Canada)
CAUQUIGNY On the west side of the La Fiere causeway, after the battle. (Photo : U.S Archives)
COLLEVILLE SUR MER Steeple of the church of Colleville sur Mer destoyed by Destroyers of the U.S. Navy on 6 June 1944. It was used by German snipers and for observation post. (Photo : US Signal Corps)
HERMANVILLE SUR MER A bren carrier of the 33th Field Artillery Regiment crossing the place Courbet (actual). (Photo : I.W.M)
ISIGNY SUR MER 19 June 1944 - An American tank battalion passes through Isigny, France, with ruins of building damaged by shell fire and bombing in the background. (Photo : US Archives)
SAINT MARCOUF Pfc James R. Kumler and Tec 5 Donald J. MacLeod, Hq & Hq Co / 508th PIR, making their way in the French village of Saint-Marcouf, 7 miles Northeast from their initial DZ. (Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / U.S Archives)
BASLY 27 June 1944 - Members of the 23d Field Ambulance, R.C.A.M.C. laying flowers on graves. From left to right : Private W. Young, H. Roach, M.G. Newberry. The left grave, Private A.J. Barnes is still in the cemetery. (Photo : Conseil Régional de Basse-Normandie / Archives Nationales du CANADA )
SAINT LAURENT SUR MER Exit E1 - Wn65 - Vallee du Ruquet German pillbox on Omaha Beach serving as a U.S. Army command post, during the early days of the invasion. (Photo : U.S Archives)
VIERVILLE SUR MER German pillbox for 88mm gun located on strong point WN72. This strong point was build to protect Exit D1 and the access to the village of Vierville. (Photo : U.S Archives)
SAINT AUBIN SUR MER Juno Beach, Nan Red sector. A P-47 crash landed on the beach near the strong point WN27. (Photo : I.W.M)
TURQUEVILLE Many 101st troopers were dropped far from their initial DZ’s. Like Wilbur W. Shanklin facing, here, a German prisoner. They are on the road between Ste-Mere-Eglise and Audouville-la-Hubert. (Picture from ‘At the Point of No Return’ Book. Michel De Trez / D-Day Publishing)
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August 31st, 2009 at 5:58 PM
Nice pics!
August 31st, 2009 at 8:01 PM
Impresive images
August 31st, 2009 at 8:41 PM
I would like to visit these places.
September 1st, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Wow, the most amazing difference is how much more colourful it is now.
September 1st, 2009 at 8:31 AM
Interesting pictures, I feel for a few moments in the skin of an american soldier arriving omaha beach!
September 1st, 2009 at 9:21 AM
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September 1st, 2009 at 1:16 PM
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September 1st, 2009 at 3:33 PM
Why are there two Canadian flags in these pictures?
September 1st, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Dick,
The Canadian flags are because a large number of the photos are of Juno beach and other areas, taken by Canadian troops on D-Day and afterwards. Many of the troop photos in the 1944 photos are Canadian as well.
September 1st, 2009 at 4:31 PM
There’s two Canadian flags because Juno beach was a Canadian military operation on D-Day. Utah/Omaha were the American ones and Sword/Gold were the British ones.
Omaha tends to get most of the attention due to high casualties and Saving Private Ryan, although Juno had similarly high casualty rates.
September 1st, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Awesome!!
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Went there four years ago- an amazing trip, highly recommended. The rebuilding of structures that would have simply been demolished elsewhere speaks volumes for the strength of character of these people. “You can knock it down, but we’ll just rebuild it.”
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:04 PM
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Lindas imagens, mostrando um contraste pouco visto entre o antes e o depois, geralmente temos apenas um campo de vião, sem comparação com uma referência anterior…parabéns pelo post.
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September 4th, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Wonderful photographs. My father fought from D-day through the whole Normany campaign and these give a sharp reminder of the what the soldiers must have endured.
September 4th, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Interessante notar o cuidado com que foram refeitas as construções, alem de serem as
primeiras fotos que eu vejo do local.
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September 7th, 2009 at 9:46 PM
When something is destroyed in the states by an event like the 1905 fire in Baltimore, we build a new building. Sometimes we destroy a building after a few years to put up a new one. In Europe, they rebuild the old building. I remember being in Warsaw, and learning that, after World War II, the Poles looked to paintings of Warsaw from hundreds of years ago to rebuild it just the way it was before the Nazis destroyed the city. Quite a different attitude.
September 8th, 2009 at 9:24 AM
Very good.
Nice idea.
September 8th, 2009 at 6:31 PM
An impressive example of forced urban renewal. Maybe we should try the same technique on most islamist countries.
To paraphrase Ann Coulter “We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert the survivors to Christianity”.
On the other hand I say kill the islamists as they are a threat to our life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. Kill their livestock. Burn their houses and salt their land.
September 10th, 2009 at 5:05 AM
Wow, Nice pictures and awesome display of before and after. I was their in 2007 and couldn’t believe it. Impressive and really determined people like in the area of Aras, they went through 2 WW and still rebuild the entire city! AMAZING.
Thanks for sharing. Now, I’m of to review my photos from my trip to France
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September 24th, 2009 at 7:52 PM
Genial! O melhor é perceber que o fotógrafo teve a maestria de tirar as fotos sob o mesmo ângulo, porém além de geniais elas nos remetem a uma introspecção e um questionamento: Do que mais o Homem é capaz?
September 29th, 2009 at 4:15 AM
I was only 6 at the time, but I do remember playing with my cousin (John T. McCarthy) before he went over and landed at Normandy on June 6th. He was a 1st LT. and was killed July 11th at St. Lo. These pics are a wonderful reminder of ‘re-building’. Don Ward Pattaya, Thailand
October 20th, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Excellent comparisons. I wonder if anything was done for the Italian campaign that I participated in.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 10:45 PM
I have a friend who parachuted into St. Mer Eglise in the early morning of D-Day with the 82nd Airborne. He said that there was so much confusion and guys were scattered all over the place that men from the 82nd and 101st were just joining up with whoever they could find to form combat units and get on with their mission to try to secure the area against German reinforcements.
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I’m amazed that so many of the buildings were actually repaired, the damage looked so bad..
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