D-day landings scenes in 1944 and now – interactive

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Peter Macdiarmid has taken photographs of locations in France and England to match with archive images taken before, during and after the D-day landings. The Allied invasion to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during the second world war took place on 6 June 1944. Operation Overlord was the largest seaborne invasion in military history, with more than 156,000 Allied troops storming the beaches of France

• Photography then and now lets you move through time by tapping or clicking on a historic image to reveal the modern view. You can drag or swipe to control the speed of the transformation

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/ng-interactive/2014/jun/01/d-day-landings-scenes-in-1944-and-now-interactive

Something I learned today. The British didn't have detailed or accurate maps of terrain in Normandy so they tapped an unlikely source of information, tourist photographs taken before the war. They received some 1.6 million snapshots, all of which are still housed in the Imperial war museum. Makes you think. Link for anyone even the slightest bit curious

http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/d-day

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Where is Sergeant Ryan? Or was it Private Ryan?

Edited June 2, 2014 by Jacque67

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Where is Sergeant Ryan? Or was it Private Ryan?

you trying to bait me aren't you

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Perish the thought!

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Peter Macdiarmid has taken photographs of locations in France and England to match with archive images taken before, during and after the D-day landings. The Allied invasion to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during the second world war took place on 6 June 1944. Operation Overlord was the largest seaborne invasion in military history, with more than 156,000 Allied troops storming the beaches of France

• Photography then and now lets you move through time by tapping or clicking on a historic image to reveal the modern view. You can drag or swipe to control the speed of the transformation

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/ng-interactive/2014/jun/01/d-day-landings-scenes-in-1944-and-now-interactive

Something I learned today. The British didn't have detailed or accurate maps of terrain in Normandy so they tapped an unlikely source of information, tourist photographs taken before the war. They received some 1.6 million snapshots, all of which are still housed in the Imperial war museum. Makes you think. Link for anyone even the slightest bit curious

http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/d-day

D-Day is one of my fav historical moments. Lots of cool pics here, thanks for sharing