Then and Now WWII pictures

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

I’ve always found Then and Now pics fascinating. This YT channel has a bunch of cool ones from WWII if you are interested.

The music makes it extra impactful, as does thinking of people fighting and dying in the streets we walk down today.

 

[seminole97]

"I hope I never live to see anything like this happen in America. But sometimes I wish people over there could at least see it. Sometimes I think they don't quite understand what it's like."
-Sergeant Eldridge Benefield, on viewing the ruins of Aachen, Germany, during World War II

 

[LuciousBDragon]

OP Mom’s House Then:

OP Mom’s House Now:

 

[Gus is dead]

You know, makes me kinda nostalgic for a time when the world seemed much more together. Not to derail the thread but….

We have a similar scenario setting up with the axis of China, Iran, NK and Russia and I just feel like so much division exists that this sort of battle against evil isn’t possible. The West doesn’t have the stomach for a protracted war with lots of deaths. Hell a surprising percentage of US citizens now can’t even agree Hamas is evil and that the civilian deaths that have resulted from the war is actually the fault of Hamas.

Makes me sad actually. I don’t think the world is headed for a long period of peace. I think more likely a long period violence towards the West and its ideals is more likely.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Thanks OP. I cherish these type of things.

 

[Tenacious E]

I’ve always found Then and Now pics fascinating. This YT channel has a bunch of cool ones from WWII if you are interested.

The music makes it extra impactful, as does thinking of people fighting and dying in the streets we walk down today.

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In the second one, you’d think they would have rebuilt the Colosseum by now.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

I had a couple of great uncles killed in the war and I was able to find out how each of them died.

One was in the Navy and was killed on the explosion on the USS Turner. They still don't know the cause of the explosion, enemy fire was ruled out. It was suspected that someone made a mistake while trying to disarm a torpedo.

USS Turner (DD-648) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The other was in a foxhole with his friend named Thomas Floyd when artillery came down on them. Floyd got knocked down and crawled out from under some dirt. He got out and took off for cover. When he found cover he found out that my great uncle wasn't there. He asked to go back and look for him but was ordered to wait for daylight. He did so and when daylight came he went back to look for him and found him half buried in dirt with the back of his head missing. He is still buried in Amesterdam. My family has made contact with a lady in Amsterdam who volunteers her time to take care of the graves at the American cemetery there.

Floyd later found out that the artillery was American artillery that fell short.