Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Advertisement

In pictures: D-Day landscapes, now and then

In pictures: D-Day landscapes, now and then
Copyright 
By Marie Jamet
Published on
Share this article Comments
Share this article Close Button

Black and white photos of the Normandy beaches have engraved the D-Day landings in the collective memory. Today, colour photos of the same beaches, towns and villages show that while so much has changed since June 6, 1944, the landscape remains chillingly, but somehow reassuringly, similar.

70ème Anniversaire du Débarquement Allié

Reuters news agency photographer Chris Helgren went back to where the D-Day action took place to see what’s become of the landscape.

Some areas still bear the scars of the Atlantic Wall built by the German army and the remains of the artificial ports built by the Allies.

See these pictures on a map

Follow our interactive timeline of D-Day

Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share this article Comments

Read more

Storm wreaks havoc in Paris suburbs, leaving trail of destruction

Nicolas Sarkozy begins prison sentence over campaign fraud case

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy starts jail term in Paris prison