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gblowfish 06-03-2014 08:55 AM

D-Day Landings: Then and Now
 
Very cool photos of England and France in 1944, and how they look today:
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddes...ow-interactive

loochy 06-03-2014 09:02 AM

cool, thanks for sharing

i wonder how many ghosts frequent those landing bloodbath locations...

Bweb 06-03-2014 09:10 AM

Thanks for the link! Those are very cool. :clap:

ChiTown 06-03-2014 09:16 AM

THAT was awesome. Thanks George.

RockChalk 06-03-2014 09:17 AM

Very cool. Wish there were hundreds more to look through.

Thanks for sharing

Dartgod 06-03-2014 09:32 AM

A++++++++++++++ Would view again!

bevischief 06-03-2014 09:47 AM

Thanks!!

jjjayb 06-03-2014 09:57 AM

Fantastic pictures!

kepp 06-03-2014 10:03 AM

Awesome. I'm kind of amazed that so much of the original architecture was preserved.

Chief Roundup 06-03-2014 10:24 AM

:thumb:

loochy 06-03-2014 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kepp (Post 10667468)
Awesome. I'm kind of amazed that so much of the original architecture was preserved.

that makes me sad about the United States (or at least around here) in that everything is built new on empty land or old stuff is just demolished

mikeyis4dcats. 06-03-2014 10:47 AM

very cool

Trivers 06-03-2014 04:59 PM

Rep!

Rain Man 06-03-2014 05:41 PM

The third photo, the one of the beach, is pretty amazing.

LiveSteam 06-03-2014 05:48 PM

Dave Remington was just over there. Ill post some of his best pics.

Juno Beach Center Canadian Memorial Sculpture
https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/...41292266_n.jpg

View of Asnelles and Gold Beach from Arromanches
https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/...34897820_n.jpg

Arromanches, France - Remains of the British Mulberry Harbor on Gold Beach
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...22961565_n.jpg


One of the six German big gun encasements located at Pointe Du Hoc
https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/...72122724_n.jpg


Pointe Du Hoc
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...28673623_n.jpg


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