Then and Now photos you’ll love

[@thehistoryexplorer]

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[@aryanprivilege9651]

Cause it’s ghey

[@noraammirati1136]

These pictures remind me of my father, a WWII veteran. He never spoke of what he saw, but I think it might have haunted him throughout his life.

[@drbbass]

I agree because my father never spoke of the time he spent over there. I’m certain it affected him as well.

[@hansfinke491]

Auch mein Vater, der die Invasion/Landung, in Frankreich versucht hat, abzuwehren, hat nie darüber geredet. Er ist aber schön 1946 aus französischer Gefangenschaft entlassen worden... Dann eines Tages hat es an der Haustüre geklopft, ich habe geöffnet. Da stand ein fremder Mann vor der Türe. Als ich dann meine Mutter und den fremden Mann anschließend sah, wußte ich; dies ist mein Papa.

[@tonymcdonnly6492]

i am a Veteran. I salute your father.

[@Cronoto]

Your father faught for Adolf Hitler?

[@AfricanLionBat]

​@@Cronoto 🤨 no he was the part of the Nazi military that didn't work fight Hitler

[@BeingMe532]

I love the then and now pictures in general but those about the WW2 are special to me. The music is perfect! I get goosebumps watching these videos! THANK YOU for your wonderful work!

[@MotivateMax7]

The thing I love About Europe, is that they don't destroy old structure

[@AMohammed-009]

Meeeee toooooo

[@paulmarsh8974]

Yeah the bombs have brains and know what to and what not to destroy... lol

[@Atom_gun]

Unlike Australians who destroy anything with historic value

[@user-nr8sn9sy5g]

what about their colonies they were raided pillaged and stolen of their gems

[@annie-gp6zt]

​@@paulmarsh8974Les bombes tombent là où les pilotes les largent, les anglais et les américains savaient très bien ce qu'ils visaient !

[@Birdwatching754]

My father was there so we can be here today. God bless our veterans and war hero’s. We owe them.

[@denniskumabe734]

Yes my dad. And two uncles werethere also US. Soliders

[@LX.Zandaaa62]

My father's uncles brothers cousins friends uncles cousins friends sisters friends cousin Uncle was there 😥 he won 52 medal of honors and was part of the space marine division , so brave 😢

[@robertaiello9822]

God Bless your Father sir. He provided the freedom to allow this comment

[@stanlee-eq7lu]

We can never really repay them for their sacrifices. Yet money hungry, lazy bums think we owe them reparations for slavery in the 1800s in the South. First, we owe them NOTHING because there really aren't decendants of slave owners. Second, they can't even produce evidence they're descended from slaves. Third, speaking for myself, all my maternal and paternal grandparents came here from Poland and Germany in the mid to late 1920s, so I have nothing to do with what happened in those years. They want reparations yet these men served with their lives and never asked for anything in return. And these people screaming reparations, they wonder why people have so many derogatory names for them. They deserve every name mentioned. Thankfully not all are the same. A vast amount want to work, have families, and rightfully earn respect.

[@areyouok-j9i]

🙏

[@anirprasadd]

The emotion that this music and pictures evoke is indescribable. If only those places could talk...

[@wolf-1346]

I tend to tear up myself. I came so close to Vietnam. 🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸🙏

[@TevitaBaleinasuva-fw1mg]

They would say no more war

[@chitovega9532]

​@@wolf-1346No tenias porq estar ahí gracias a Dios por ello! Todos uds lucharon por una guerra que no eran de uds!!

[@Willie-wf7vj]

If they could talk, they would speak in French and you wouldn't understand what they were saying anyway.....

[@aston-leehornby7394]

​@@Willie-wf7vjlmao but you get the jist

[@jollcheist1443]

Great music choice. 🌹 Buildings can always be rebuilt but when lives are gone they are gone.

[@marialazarotti734]

Exatamente isso mesmo 😞

[@lacertabilineata9337]

I do not agree! They destroyed all of our historical buildings, our culture, our beautiful towns. What people have created over many centuries has been irrevocably destroyed in a flash. Germany was once beautiful, with a rich and ancient culture. Everything has been destroyed and there is little that remains as a reminder of its former splendor.

[@elizabethtaylor3779]

Once again, thanks for a moving and intriguing compilation. I never tire of viewing these scenes, and often let it replay several times to appreciate the nuances.

[@yvetteandjorgenlarsen9753]

Yes, they make me stop. Who can only watch them once?

[@craterous]

...like a time machine.

[@marybeth1579]

These photos are so important to demonstrate the sacrifice people made to be where we are today. I share these to my family WhatsApp grp. Some streets are not just streets … they have a story

[@BjornGelote]

there is something about those pictures and this music that somehow broke my heart so bad.

[@ceer9141]

Every time. Every post I cry. We never learn. Never.

[@john-ku9kj]

@@ceer9141 Life is short, we are all passers-by。

[@BjornGelote]

@@soumyaranjandash5442 ohhhh I wouldn't say that if I have a face and name like you. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@janicejackson2016]

Maybe what makes a sad is that the loss of life what team in 2024 that we've learned nothing from the past God help us

[@john-ku9kj]

@@janicejackson2016 Yes, the massacre is happening again, but the victims become the murderers.

[@Shazzadut1]

I love these before and after photos of WW2, having recently discovered them on KZbin. They are moving, poignant and sometimes sad. I find it interesting how the people in the now photos and videos are just going about their business, probably unaware of what went before in the exact places they are standing, walking or driving. That someone’s young life was cut short in that very spot or that a brave unknown person was there for a second many years ago. It moves me to tears.

[@meryemgoztas7960]

Gazzeliler de insan

[@jamesadams6009]

I know i've said it before, but these short films are just brilliant. So well put together. I could watch hours of this stuff. It's all so moving. Well done... and thank you.

[@aguythatworkstoomuch4624]

My pop pop liked this video he’s 102 and was there on d day and the battle of the buldge. He’s a great man

[@phyllisdorre5312]

💔 These pictures say so much yet leave us speechless 🥀

[@quintinmarsters1609]

Absolutely.

[@aaabbb-py5xd]

These pictures say that Europe is still stuck in 1945. That's why Europe is not a leader in anything except in pretense when following American orders

[@dkuhs]

Thank you for posting the past and present photos of the many places blood was shed for freedom . God bless all the fallen and rest in peace . Thank you for my freedom . 😢❤️

[@brianbrooks8692]

Love these videos. It gives you a sense of reality and what our fore fathers sacrificed for peace.

[@annie-gp6zt]

À liberté, mais elle est où ? 👀 La liberté des mondialistes !

[@annie-gp6zt]

Liberté ??? 😂

[@annie-gp6zt]

Quelle liberté ???

[@meryemgoztas7960]

Gazzelilere de özgürlük mekanları cennet olsun inşallah

[@kenclinton4881]

I never never never tire of seeing these videos you do, you do an outstanding job of lining up the shots of old and new, amazing and so moving!! Please keep the coming, awesome!😊

[@anabelalmeidaperez7358]

😢

[@papajeff5486]

Yep, whewww, the work is wonderful, beautiful. Thank you for sharing this…from an old, retired vet finishing up, in east Tennessee.

[@debabrataboruah8443]

It make me emotional, of course nostalgic, thinking of the soldiers those who never go back to there homeland and died in other's land far from there homeland...

[@marialazarotti734]

Exatamente isso mesmo 😞

[@davidstanleyblake923]

Such a waste of life 😮

[@serpentines6356]

​​@@davidstanleyblake923 Yes, that's what makes it tragic. But when evil arises, it's worse if we don't fight to stop it.

[@annie-gp6zt]

Ils auraient effectivement mieux fait de rester chez eux !

[@augustcaesar9755]

The Omaha beach pictures broke my heart the most. A lot happened on that beach. That beach served as a vehicle that conveyed a lot of men to the afterlife.😢

[@davidarmitage9041]

❤

[@annie-gp6zt]

Oui, pour détruire l'Europe, le karma...

[@uberrox452]

It's amazing little things like the dirt where the grass won't grow on Omaha beach to this day, to the small bell in the clocktower, so much is still the same. Fills me with great emotion every time I see these pictures. Thank you so much, sir....

[@Why-Censor]

This shows we don't just survive the worst humans do to one another but we press on, we rebuild ourselves and the brokenness around us. Thank you ✝

[@meryemgoztas7960]

Gazzelilerin de insan

[@kumiko-xs7ft]

この写真は、ずっと残していってほしい。決して二度と戦争なんてない世界にしましょう。戦争で命を亡くした人が一番望んでいることなのだから。

[@BEPPAN-kw1ym]

この世が存在する限り、戦争は無くなることは無い。

[@zlatkobobic5029]

Soldier is a just soldier. Leave politicis. 😢

[@perseverancegoahead1927]

希望不再有战争！战胜是人民的生命，政客谈判桌上的筹码。

[@user-tp7dw1kz4b]

Caso a OTAN levar sua politica de anexação desde a 2 'mundial , havera sim a 3' Mundial . Estadunidenses cutuca o Diabo com a vara curta. 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@KyleDewis]

Agreed 100%

[@ArizonaAirspace]

Band of Brothers. The greatest Generation. I remember taking a Tour bus to France from Germany where I was stationed and we stopped by Belgium and walked around the military cemetery where thousands of US soldiers from WWII are buried. Rows and rows of white head stones. I sat next to this WWII Veteran, and he told me most of his dead friends were about my age. Tears were welling up in his old eyes. I admired him so much. He felt like my grandfather whom I have never met because Japanese killed him during the WWII. I salute you, all of you American heroes of WWII.

[@HappyPenguin-cs2yw]

As a german i salute all soldiers which died in ww2, also i salute this guy which make this videos to make our politicians not forget this! ❤🇩🇪🫡

[@kryska367]

Zalez, zrůdo.

[@itzdivyansh]

Man I've always been a big fan of Germany seriously!!!

[@MrDoyle07]

We must NEVER FORGET! That war did not need to happen, sadly, it needed to be ended. My Dad was a US Soldier in that war. I like to think he met some of those he killed in heaven. Soldiers are a victim of war too.

[@chelseyfarwell8709]

Ebenfalls

[@Kourosh_550]

You started a terrible war. And Russia inflicted on you the most terrible end

[@estevennurkin5183]

Beautiful, sensitive portrayal!!! God bless our soldiers/Hero's!!!

[@meryemgoztas7960]

Gazzeliler de insan

[@meryemgoztas7960]

Gazzeliler de insan

[@christesta2521]

Just amazing. These shorts should be made into a full documentary. Thanks always for sharing.

[@eugengaldi6011]

Locurii rare,care nu se vor mai vedea de orisicine azi ,rare.

[@annie-gp6zt]

Alors lis Europa la dernière bataille.

[@Sam215]

اغانينا ستخضر على الحب وتزهر وستنهل عطائاً وثرائاً وخصوبه اعطنا حباً نبني العالم المنهار فينا من جديد 💔🇮🇶 الى كل عراقي دفع دمه من اجل بغداد من اجل العراق ضد الغزاه والمحتلين

[@meryemgoztas7960]

Gazzelilere de özgürlük

[@Sam215]

@@meryemgoztas7960 ❤️👍

[@user-nb3mn8yy5t]

Only leave us memory.. further more the music ohhhh 😭😭.. My feeling my heart deeply broken 💔 hard when hearing this sad music.. Very touching sadness..

[@user-lt8oo9fz7o]

yes 😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@JudahChuks]

that music was what was played in the Pacific movie,it really made me almost cry when watching the movie 😢

[@paulinehenderson1257]

Do you know what the music is called? It is such a moving piece. Like you I’m moved to tears hearing it. 💔

[@EvelynGuth-yy9to]

.... 😏🥺..... Yeah, realy 🥹🌹🥀💔❤️‍🩹😌🙏🏼🤲🏼🙏🏼☮️​🫂💞🌍🌎🌏💞🫂✌🏼🌬️🤲🏼🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🤲🏼🙏🏼🤲🏼🌬️🧎🏼🧘🏼🤸🏼🤸🏼🤸🏼🏃🏼🏃🏼🚶🏼🧎🏼🧘🏼🎼... this sounde~this Video ... 🥺🥹🙂‍↕️😔♥️🙏🏼⚓@@paulinehenderson1257

[@xnavyro]

We owe these brave men & women more than we could ever afford! Their sacrifices gave us the world as we experience it today & without their commitments we’d all be in a much different world if not dead altogether? My father was one of these heroes & I only wish he was around today so I could tell him how much he meant to me? I only hope I’ve instilled in my grandchildren the morals you taught me? RIP Marine & ThankU Dad!

[@debbiemichaels4632]

The 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings at Omaha beach, these pictures such reflect and remind us of what these brave men faught for. May they all rest in eternal peace Thank you for your service ❤

[@angelperazzo9096]

Ni que del otro lado de la famosa playa estuviera el Cuco en vez de soldados disciplinados y valientes contra todo el mundo que se les echó encima: patrones y esclavos...all together...!

[@spencer5028]

If they saw Europe today they would have turned around

[@isabellacripps4023]

Not just Omaha. Also Juno, Gold, Sword and Utah beaches. British, Canadian and US

[@je_vote_RN_et_je_vous_emmerde]

​@@spencer5028 That's very true I agree

[@je_vote_RN_et_je_vous_emmerde]

​@@isabellacripps4023 And French We also the French participated in the landing we were in London and we participated in the landing with the British the French resistance

[@michaelwills3311]

I was stationed in West Germany 76-79 and 85-88 wherever I traveled. I always got Goosebumps and cried, remembering those Great Men. All are Heroes. 🇺🇲

[@tylor2596]

This is so nostalgic 😢

[@Dumbledope1367]

Bro i dont think u fought in ww2💀

[@baron0727]

Nahhh he was in the battle of D-day 💀😭

[@jimtom4878]

Dudes slow​@@Dumbledope1367

[@TSG042]

​​@@baron0727 Was bro there for WW1 as well 💀?

[@rico-228]

these kids in the comments...

[@belikenick]

There's always something about the history stories of WW2 that gives me goosebumps. Then add an audio from Band of Brothers series is the perfect cherry on top. Makes me think I was involved in it in my past life.

[@Historical-mi8hd]

Black and White are my favorite types of pictures. Makes you think a lot about it

[@lightupdarkness]

Looks lifeless to me tbh

[@brandonboyasfernandez7346]

The world's greatest generation of men, women, and children. Not a single rainbow flag in sight.

[@michelleodaniel3306]

We live to breathe another day because of those who died to save us ❤ Gratitude is infinite❤

[@byronharano2391]

Amen. ❤

[@Alahulapuuloakealahelenokaahu]

Holy God we praise thy name. Lord of all we bow before thee. All on earth thy scepter claim. All in heaven above adore thee. Infinite thy vast domain. Everlasting is thy reign.

[@matildamontgomery3229]

You put it so beautifully. Thank you for saying what is behind ….. Thank you for your service. ❤

[@SteabhanMacGiollaRiabhaigh]

Shut up murderers

[@SteabhanMacGiollaRiabhaigh]

Lies

[@tongzhu6569]

These pictures with music brokenhearted.

[@jeremyd1869]

Just about anywhere you go in Europe, you're walking the path of history.

[@EggHead94]

Asia has more history. Older too.

[@dingus6317]

@@EggHead94 Not as influential for us in the West though

[@dannyzero692]

@@dingus6317maybe because Western people feel more connected in the West and Eastern people feel more connected in the East 🤯

[@dingus6317]

@@dannyzero692 I think you might be onto something with that..

[@connorhart7597]

​@dannyzero692 wait, people are more connected to their ancestors than somebody their ancestors used to fight with? Well stick me in a dress, slap my ass, and call me Suzie, I never woulda thunk it! Some people, man lmao

[@johndegroot1801]

My father landed at Normandy....didnt talk about it. He made it back home....he is and always will be my hero!!

[@daisyl8783]

This takes my Breath Away 😢

[@crispinjulius5032]

Man…that last one with those soldiers clearing out Carentan… God bless the Greatest Generation.

[@themerryneedle1749]

It's all passing into the mists of time....the everyday heroes of that dire time.

[@mariaangelicabrunellsolar7086]

Those that are still alive & live in Western countries are each year invited to Russia to assist in preferencial sits, the great celebration of the "Great Patriotic War", as they call WW2. But their Western countries, don't give them permission!

[@KobeMamba-cj1px]

if those places could talk.🥹

[@thehistoryexplorer]

Absolutely

[@yvetteandjorgenlarsen9753]

​@@thehistoryexploreroh, I think you make them talk, at least to my heart and soul. Really good music choice.

[@yeedbottomtext7563]

There are still people around who lived it

[@user-xy8qk9gz7g]

Hey, 3x8=24+5

[@user-xy8qk9gz7g]

Is people around could be here

[@woodybollox]

I love these old then and now videos. Basically everyone you see are all gone. Sad😢.

[@xizedit7684]

What makes me happy is that old buildings can still maintain their shape. Lucky to be born in a developed country

[@ToyyinnAuslander]

What an id!otic thing to say!

[@mjo750]

these pics always get me emotional. I dunno why, but it's almost like you have lived through both periods and you're taking a bird's eye view of the whole timeline simultaneously.

[@ronnewlin-ml6lu]

This music makes me cry every time I hear it and I was born almost 30 years after WWII ended.

[@javiergonzalez9786]

I hope that there will never be wars in the world again and that we can all live in peace.

[@kingdragonthefirst4686]

As long as we are alive there will be wars

[@TH-il8mn]

This is why peace is so important.

[@Iloveslycapobranco]

Between less than 5 days and D day 80 years since the largest landing in the world😔

[@diannemiller1895]

The pics along with soundtrack makes me emotional thinking of my Daddy who would hav bn almost 103 as of Jul 11 and was a medic in Germany and Italy during WW 2 😢

[@eileenreid8413]

They were so young and brave. Thank you

[@igorsenkevits874]

Молодость помогла некоторым из них позорно быстро бежать, от победоносной красной армии. От Москвы и до Берлина! А как они надеялись легко победить и уничтожить славянскую расу, такие образованные, вооружённые до зубов. Их победил простой советский народ! Есть у русских поговорка:"Кто к нам с оружием прийдёт, тот от него и погибнет!".

[@tammythomas851]

It is imperative to remember. Thank you for reminding us. It is much needed.

[@vickismith3052]

History is so precious and powerful I love all History and thanks to the men and women of the service we are still here today thanks to all service members from the revolution to now bless all ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@user-tp7dw1kz4b]

Só tem um detalhe : a ganancia da OTAN vai levar o mundo a 3' guerra mundial sem duvida alguma. O Ocidente não aprendeu a 2 lições . Vlademir Putin 100 % Razão !!!!! BRICS SEMPRE SEMPRE SEMPRE.

[@deedee7733]

These photos remind me that we take peace for granted in the West. Our forefathers and foremothers had so much love for us, the future generations that they made so many sacrifices for in WW2. My prayers are with those fighting in conflicts today.

[@user-ib3jn5el8l]

اين رحل هولاء الجنود لقد رحلوا وبقيت آثارهم

[@souilamettakni6496]

للأسف الحرب جحيم لا على الظالم ولا المظلوم.

[@murphy6700]

They went where we all shall go soon enough. At least they left a free world for us. What have we done?

[@Noah_sig40]

😢😢That is right.. Rip soldiers

[@craigoliver8712]

​@@murphy6700So you would like a world war so you can feel like a real man?

[@user-wz3yq2iv7r]

ذهب الجميع وبقي العراق❤😂❤

[@Willie-wf7vj]

This is so sad. Both of my grandfathers, my father and 12 of my uncles all died in world war 2.

[@pamland7018]

Can’t get enough of these

[@billoakes4475]

I fall into a trance watching these shorts just thinking about the participants in the early photos and where they ended up in life . Mesmerising is the only way for to describe it my feelings.

[@minervasmith1459]

To see these pictures, ❤ Oh My,❤ I just think about all those warriors, that were there from across the globe, ❤ Millions, fought and fell fighting for my freedom, our freedom, ❤ I'm blessed to be here to see what they saw, during WW2 ❤

[@lindylou7853]

My great grandad was German but came to England for work. His son fought the Germans in WW1; His grandson fought them in France after D-day …. His Welsh wife’s 2 brothers died in separate ships when they sank delivering food from great Britain to Russia in WW1 … is this why everyone hates us???!!!🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@angelperazzo9096]

Todos lucharon por su Patria y por lo que creían.El que esté exento de culpa que arroje la primer piedra.Todos tienen las manos y el alma manchados con sangre.!

[@smey02]

I always find it hard to get a connection to these old times because its all black and white, but they really had the same lifes as we all have today. Lets hope there will never be a thing like a world war ever again

[@jacquelinerussell8530]

In the 21st century, let's not tear back down what we've worked so hard to rebuild Utilizing our blood sweat and tears🙂‍↕️ NO WW3. if we dont learn from the past we are bound to repeat it

[@ryleenikola5734]

History ALWAYS repeats itself, sadly. Over and over

[@hopeisit1347]

Too late

[@mariaserralheiro9196]

It's already happening. Look how Israel is repeating the same exact thing that these so-called upstanding citizens of their time are seen by their own people as moral and just. Ring any bells?

[@qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890]

Also: No nuclear war

[@jacquelinerussell8530]

@qwertyuiopzxcvbnm9890 Unfortunately, WW3 will ultimately be a nuclear war especially for the losing side 🙏🙏🙏ing that I'm wrong

[@jeff1563]

I love to see how the world was able to overcome and rebuild and for the most part are all friends now.

[@deerhoda7574]

Lovely. Description with music ! Perfect❤ You're making an incredible invincible scrapbook for the future. Thank you.

[@alexandraschabus9549]

Gänsehaut und wundervoll musikalisch untermalt... eine ganz außerordentliche Idee... Prädikat wertvoll... RESPEKT❤

[@andrejkrizan7067]

Super👍krásne video👏👏👏už to budúci týždeň bude 80rokov😔🙏🙏nech odpočívajú všetci v pokoji🙏

[@vivacliente2299]

Que gocen del reino de los cielos y sean los ángeles de sus familias.

[@user-wd9ls6xl2u]

Они горят в аду​@@vivacliente2299

[@deborahwilson4684]

Really made me cry. A squatter in my parents home had destroyed ALL the photos of my family --none left. My grandparents all passed before my birth--uncles & aunts gone. My maternal Uncle served under Patton-WW2. My 2 paternal Uncles served in WW2-- one met his future wife in Italy during that war. You have NO idea how much it hurts to have not even a single photo of ANY of my family! It's been yrs but the pain never subsides. Both sides of my family have served in every war since WW2. I went to Ukraini in 2022 to fight the invasion. God bless our wonderful, brave troops! Semper Fi!

[@LadyBlanche.888]

I'm always captured by these images! Every one of them gone now. Sadly left to the archives of life.. ❤ 🌷

[@timlucas2627]

I concur with previous comments please keep these videos coming they are astounding. And so are the men and women who fought in the second world war to keep us free.

[@user-pm5fw1yd4f]

It's a strange time, gentlemen ❤❤

[@janethompson2305]

🙏🤲 My dad told us kids everything, he didn't hold anything back. He said he wants us to know everything no matter how bad it was to say. Dad fought in WWII, Pearl Harbor and he was blessed to make it back home. He was injured badly & he had to recover in a Military Hospital for 1yr. He told us that he was scared the entire time he was there, every one of them were scared & the worst part was losing their buddies.That's really the worst part about War, losing innocent ppl, losing ppl in combat ❤ God bless the fallen🕊 God bless The Greatest Generation🕊 God bless the World🕊 God bless U🕊🙏🤲🕊✝️😇❤️🇺🇸💙🪖🏅🫡🦅🌟✈️🛩⚓️🚢🌏🌹❣️🕯

[@blawson4814]

Thank you from the daughter of a WWII British Army veteran 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌺

[@Isabell-ey8pw]

Who took part of the H0l0caust on Millions of Germans!

[@annie-gp6zt]

Lis James Bacque, Morts pour raisons diverses

[@waqarahmad9094]

Brings back nostalgic memories of the most brutal war happened in the history of mankind. Respect to all those brave souls who sacrificed thier lives. From Pakistan 🙏

[@peggyelchert8340]

Caen is located in Normandy. Caen was crucial to tha Allies on D Day, it was the essential road & hinge of resistance to the American & British Allies. Caen remains one of the largest medieval fortresses in Western Europe. The battle for Caen was so severe & vicious, it lasted just under 2 months, so brutal, 73% of the city was destroyed & it is estimated that 3000 local children, women & French civilians died in the onslaught. An estimated 2500 tons of bombs were dropped on the city. The Allies underestimated the German resistance. Of all the wreckage, the Abby (Cathedral) survived, and the hospital. The Abby became a refuge for the victims of war-torn Caen.

[@m.josebenito1048]

Cuanto horror Dios mio .

[@lacertabilineata9337]

Well, the Allies were in a hurry to defeat Germany. And they made it easy for themselves. What they did around Caen is called a scorched earth war. The civilian casualties of these bombings were significantly higher. The Americans killed more civilians in the liberation of France than the Germans in the invasion and 4 years of occupation. But people don't like to talk about it because the French had to be grateful.

[@lloydhills7416]

My Dad was there when he was 19. From a Farm in Kansas. He went from there to Germany. It affected his life very much but you never heard a word about it from him. He shot himself in 1973. I was 14.😢

[@user-fr8bn7go1r]

Love these pictures!!!

[@eugengaldi6011]

Bunicu lea prins, taticu la fel ,eu Revolutia 1989.

[@user-tf4dr8hr2m]

I feel so grateful to God he freed aalll these broken Nations. GOD BLESS ALLIES!! God bless the strength of dutch to put back together.❤. God bless us🌎 ,EVERYONE!! High Respect regards from USA🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸✝️✨️!!

[@stevenewman1393]

As always guys very wonderful and beautifully fabulous photos of Then and Now indeed Sir's!👍.

[@Glostahdude]

These need to be saved forever. We must never forget the horrible cost of war.

[@luciemarinov129]

Old and new videos are just fantastic and this time the music is so appropriate! Thank you 🙏

[@marcelmallory2761]

"Honor" by Hans Zimmer

[@dianestafford6968]

I am an Army Brat and when my family and I were stationed in Germany in the 70's they were still rebuilding from WW2

[@bruceholmes3599]

We are but 'Dust' blowing through time !

[@thehistoryexplorer]

Very true

[@samueljohnson7068]

But there is a purpose for your life....find it!!

[@tazman572]

​@samueljohnson7068 I never found that special person in life to marry and have a family with. I have no children. When I was 40 years old, I met a woman on the internet in a chat room, and things went from there. She was divorced and had two daughters aged 12 and 15. I found it hard because I was single up to that point in my life, and she lived 1150 kms away. 23 years later, I now know that my purpose in this world is to give her the love and good life that she deserves.

[@JenIGottaSay]

There's something so moving and also heart wrenching at the same time when seeing these 😔 please keep it up, it's so important to keep history in our minds!

[@pathogen11able]

Why can't we all learn to live in peace,respect each other, humanity first, people losing their lives all for the sake of an egoistic leader😢

[@user-ni9ny6ei6w]

FOR THOSE OF US BORN IN EARLY 50’s THESE ARE EXTREMELY SPIRITUAL FOR WHAT WE STAND FOR !!!

[@Gerecht777]

Danke an den der die Bilder gemacht haben.

[@roberthansen3591]

Examples of why History should never be erased and rewriten by bad leaders.

[@Redmi-ih7jm]

Народы, нации не ошибаются,ошибку допускают правители,главы государства, Миру Мир во всём мире

[@meryemgoztas7960]

Gazzelilere özgürlük

[@ulfderssrob2944]

The old photos with the german heroes was way more beautiful

[@rogerb3654]

This series of pics is really good showing WW2 vs present day.

[@lyndatrones1787]

The Soundtrack is almost Supernatural

[@cathyhill2901]

Beautiful & im so grateful for America even though we have many problems. God bless all these warriors from around the world. Thank you 🙏🙏🕯️🕯️🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

[@samnigam3451]

World War 2 never again darkest time in human history. We lost 1 lakh soldiers airmen n Navy sailors to defeat Axis powers from 1941 to 45. Thank all those Allied soldiers airmen n sailors who sacrificed their yesterday to free the world from evil n tyranny. Hello from India 🇮🇳

[@johnwoodall3791]

The Memories will never die of the Brave Allies & People of these Countries who had to endure so much for freedom..

[@annie-gp6zt]

C'est raté

[@rachelfetty7571]

The music moves my very soul.

[@rebeccabrooksguest9833]

Thank you for these and all your before and now photos. And the music is beautiful. God bless those magnificent allied soldiers.❤🪖💖

[@jibeco]

Thank You so much for this video. It touchs the soul.

[@cookingwithchefluc7173]

I've been to Normandy, Omaha & Amsterdam, its really difficult to imagine that this really happend 80 years ago. We must NEVER FORGET those men who sacrificed themselves for our freedom.

[@cathyhill2901]

Thank you for these pictures. I've learned so much from them. ❤

[@nikhilchandel2732]

As a Indian,I can see this image.I understanded that change take place everywhere. I remember this quote. Time heals everything but Healing takes time