Tuesday, May 10, 2005
VE Day: Eight cities in pictures
Deutsche Welle has an awesome collection of photo essays up that show then-and-now pictures of the impact of World War II (and Israel's first war of independence) on cities around the world.
Americans in Paris:
Times Square on VE-Day:
Hiroshima:
And finally, an image that is far too familiar in 2005:
If you have broadband and some time to kill, check it out.
Americans in Paris:
Times Square on VE-Day:
Hiroshima:
Aug. 7, 1945: A column of smoke rises 20,000 feet (over 6,000 meters) over Hiroshima the day after the US dropped an atomic bomb.
And finally, an image that is far too familiar in 2005:
Dec. 1947: A Jewish ambulances makes its way through the masses in downtown Jerusalem.
If you have broadband and some time to kill, check it out.
1 Comments:
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Tue Jun 10, 02:10:00 PM:
Greetings,
I was wondering if you uploaded that picture of the American's in Paris. My grandfather is the soldier in the front looking to the side.
My father has been searching for a copy of this picture for years.
please contact me via jhutchinson2006@gmail.com subject: VE day pic..(so I don't think it's spam)
