Normandy 1944. Then and Now (204 pics)

Fantastic and memorizing. Many of those great warriors have gone on for their great reward in Heaven while others are still with us living in their 80s and 90s. God bless them all.

My heart is greatly touched by these photographs--I was born in '43, and never knew most of WW2--but my husband was German-he also was born during this time-and our lives reflect the facts of the war. His father was shooting down the planes that my father was building! I mourn the fallen soldiers on both sides, as I mourn our young men in arms today. God bless them, everyone!

incroyable photos. c'est bizarre que j'étais là l'année dernière. j'étais dans les casernes allemandes, j'étais près de la plage ...

My Dad received his Silver Star in the town square of Carentan France. There are pictures of it in the collection. These are great photos. Thanks for helping us remember the cost of the war.

this is awesome work, yes it should be in a book.

My Father was among the U.S. Armored division, at Normandy, when I was born. He never would talk a lot about those times,and I am sure he had his reasons. We lost Dad almost 3 years ago. Although he was wounded while over there, it was cancer that finally did him in.
I am sure he would have appreciated the restoration that has wes done. Again great pictures.

AWSOME ! I live less than 100 miles from these area in Normandy .Seeing those pictures confirm me to be faithfull for ever for your granspas or uncles who fought and gave teir lives for my country .

Can you put them side by side? Great photos.

very interesting.great history. some names please

A wonderful collection. It puts the present into a sobering context. Thank you.

Hello

@lily (N°78) I can assure you that all the pictures were taken in Normandy.

@dave g. (N°100) The name of each location and caption for each couple of pictures are on my original website. You can see them at this address :
http://www.6juin1944.com/album
/thennow/index.php

And this is only a small part of the website. Website which is dedicated to D-Day and to all the men who fought for our freedom.

BTW I have always more than 50 other WWII pictures where I must go to take today pictures.. I need just time to do that and add them in the album.

To All, thanks for your comments

Amazing ! NICE WORK

As a person that went through WW11, one can believe that war is evil, and nobody, but nobody wins. Yet man will pick up his hammer, saw and trowel, and go on living life just as it was.

Good work, to be perfect is necessary the location of the photos

How nice. I am sure that the locals are grateful they still speak their native language and not German or Russian. French and Italian are beautiful languages.

As, I am sure, the Afghans will be happy someday they do not speak Farsi.

Fantastic

Great pics, the Europeans sure know how to tidy up

i can honestly say i looked at these photos with a lump in my throat. they make the war seem more real and not just a thing in the past. one of the best things iv ever seen on the internet.make a book of them id id buy it for everyone i know.send this link to every school and educate the next genaration. thank you.

thank you

Guess you never made it to Williamsburg VA, Gettysburg PA, or Ft Ticondaroga, NY.

Lest We Forget!!!!!
Every politician in the world should have a copy of these photos.

that's really amazing collection by acidcow team. thanks for sharing this.

Germany haven't payed yet for the holocaust crimes !!
If i had a nuke, i would have chosen Berlin to be the place to detonate it.

Absolutely jaw dropping.

amazing pictures!

Eu adorei as fotos,e fiquei com os olhos molhados ao ver tudo, e ver o que o povo francês e o restante da europa sofreu com o nazismo,me deu uma dimensão do que a guerra faz,com os homens. parabéns pelas fotos, great,wonderful,excellent.

I'm from Brazil and even though we didn´t participate the WWII directly this pictures are really touching.

Congratulations for the job and for disclosure it.

wonderful collection