Around 3000 Wehrmacht soldiers surrendered when capturing Trier. Here some of them are surrendering near the Porta Nigra.
Then image: ??
Trier – Paulinstrasse (2)
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Zelzate
Canadian Soldier and my girlfriend in Zelzate at the border with Netherlands and Belgium looking for mines (and at instagram)
Then image: Canadaatwar.ca
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Aachen – Adalbertsteinweg (5)
Allied tanks at the Adalbertsteinweg going to the city center of Aachen during the battle for the city in 1944.
Then image: US Signal Corps / 17964
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Salerno – Piazza Amendola
Sherman tanks in the city of Salerno at the Piazza Amendola during Operation Avalanche in 1943.
Then image: ??
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Torre Annunziato – Via Vesuvio
Troops of the British Army 1/6th Queen’s Regiment riding on a Sherman tank of the British Army Royal Scots Greys regiment, Torre Annunciata, Italy, 1 Oct 1943.
Then image: © IWM NA 7347
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Auschwitz – Birkenau (3)
More selections at the ramp in Auschwitz – Birkenau in 1944.
Then image: Courtesy Yad Vashem (educational use only)
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Quedlinburg
Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler and his entourage on their way up to the ceremony at the grave of King Heinrich in Quedlinburg.
Then image: Bundesarchiv
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Acireale – Via Davi
British Infantry takes up a good position as a Sherman tank approached the town square in Acireale Sicily,1943 during operation Husky.
Then image: © IWM NA 5763
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Aci Sant’Antonio – Via Regina Margherita
British troops riding through Aci Sant’Antonio, Sicily on their way to Messina during operation Husky.
Then image: IWM?
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
Brugge – De Dyver
A normal day in Brugge in 1940 during the occupation of Brugge, Belgium.
Then image: © Collectie Soma Brussel (non commercial use)
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.EU / Cor Sleutel
