French Town Recreated Perfectly Using 70 Year Old WWII Photos

gtomustang21 Published 03/21/2015

Last Summer, a man found a lot of WWII pictures of his city of Dijon, France. He decided to re-take them as closely as possible, after a 70 year timespan.

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1.
German troops gather in front of the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy on June 17th, 1940.
2.
Today the Palace is still the town hall and a major tourist spot.
3.
Luftwaffe headquarters. Now a simple building with a florist.
4.
German officers posing in front of the fountain at Parc Darcy.
5.
The main street, with Guillaume's Gate in the back.
6.
His grandfather, wanted by the Germans, used to work with a fake ID in a bakery in this exact same street.
7.
A soldier posing in front of what used to be a butcher shop.
8.
The post office, displaying a massive flag after Dijon's Liberation.
9.
On September 11th 1944, Allied troops finally enter the city and go through the main street.
10.
Free French Forces, aboard Shermans, arrive in front of the Palace. The square is renamed Liberation Square for the occasion.

1.
German troops gather in front of the Palace of the Dukes of Burgundy on June 17th, 1940.
2.
Today the Palace is still the town hall and a major tourist spot.
3.
Luftwaffe headquarters. Now a simple building with a florist.
4.
German officers posing in front of the fountain at Parc Darcy.
5.
The main street, with Guillaume's Gate in the back.
6.
His grandfather, wanted by the Germans, used to work with a fake ID in a bakery in this exact same street.
7.
A soldier posing in front of what used to be a butcher shop.
8.
The post office, displaying a massive flag after Dijon's Liberation.
9.
On September 11th 1944, Allied troops finally enter the city and go through the main street.
10.
Free French Forces, aboard Shermans, arrive in front of the Palace. The square is renamed Liberation Square for the occasion.