Revisiting the beaches of Normandy, 70 years later
Then-and-now photographs illustrate the inextricable links to D-Day
June 6, 1944: Tens of thousands of soldiers arrived on the beaches of Normandy, ready to turn the tides on a war that, until that point, had been going anything but well for the Allied forces.
The largest seaborne invasion had an impressive if tragic start, as at least 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded during the day's fighting. But over the coming months, the operation gained a foothold, setting in motion the beginning of the end of World War II. Today, 70 years later, we look back on photographs from the 1944 invasion, each presented with a modern-day shot of the same location.
The striking disparity of each pair shows how far we've come while the occasional, surprising similarity reminds us how close this history lurks in our collective past.
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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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