[PIC GALLERY] WW2 Then & Now

[Louis]

That looks like a German soldier against the wall in the top photo ... possibly a prisoner?

So it seems. The original of the pic says: "M5A1 Stuart (3047447-S) of the 25th Cavalry Recon Squadron (Mechanized), US 4th Armored Division, turning into Rue de la Croix Quillard in Coutances in 1944".

 

[lsailer]

... possibly a prisoner?

Maybe a really cutting edge historical re-enactor.

 

[Louis]

French francs-tireurs (irregulars) at a barricade on the Pont Neuf, Paris, Aug. 1944.

 

[Gunner]

Funny how you see the Eiffel tower in the color picture but not in the black and white photo.

 

[Louis]

Funny how you see the Eiffel tower in the color picture but not in the black and white photo.

Good eye mate, I relied on that dome and the foliage on the right to find a capture similar to the previous photo.

 

[Gunner]

I think your pretty close with the angle, good job by the way, I just figured the camera or film of the black and white photo couldn't capture the distant object or maybe it was washed out over time is all.
When we landed in Paris and drove straight to Normandy I was looking out the passenger side window and that's how saw the Eiffel tower between some buildings.
Pretty exciting really if only for a few seconds

 

[Nort]

Maybe LOS to the tower is blocked by the lamppost.

 

[Louis]

May 1945, T34 on Prague.

 

[mTk]

Welcome back @Louis ! That's a good one.

 

[Louis]

German General von Rundstedt walking front the Louvre museum. Paris, Oct 1940.

 

[mTk]

Huh. There seem to be more columns at the front door now.

 

[Gunner]

Could it be they took two columns and made it in to one?

 

[Louis]

The fall of Rome, 1943.
And today...

 

[Louis]

German soldiers with French girls at the Moulin Rouge, Paris, during the occupation. And today, nobody in the street.

 

[Nort]

I remember being 17 years old and spending an evening at the Moulin Rouge. I was mesmerized by the topless dancers. I recall staring at the stage and thinking: "There must be 47 boobs up there."

 

[JP48]

"There must be 47 boobs up there."

There was one unusual woman?

 

[Louis]

A german military parade down Wenceslas Square, Prague, in the pre-war (March 1939).

 

[mTk]

Perfect!

 

[Louis]

German troops parading past the Arc de Triomphe, celebrating their entry into Paris, June 1940. And Today, pandemic effect.

 

[Louis]

May 1, 1941 - Germans confiscate bicycles at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. This is done both to help their own troops (many of whom use bicycles rather than walk) and to deprive the Dutch people of this means of mobility.