Stalingrad Then & Now

[jmark]

Seeing as others are posting "Then & Now" comparisons, I thought I'd share one. Just today I received a photo showing German panzers on the high ground above the Don river in August 1942. Coincidentally, I had visited the exact same location in 2007, so I was very excited to get this photo and realise I had been on the exact spot... a small village called Trekhovstroyevskaya.

All the best,
Jason

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[jmark]

Here's a couple of others...

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[jmark]

And a few more...

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[jmark]

One more...

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[smershagent]

Extremely impressive.

Did you visit those other buildings after having obtained the original photographs, or is this just a phenomenal series of coincidences?

[DDD777]

Unbeliveable Mark! Great work! How do you do this?

[jmark]

Extremely impressive.

Did you visit those other buildings after having obtained the original photographs, or is this just a phenomenal series of coincidences?

The first one was luck/coincidence. The others were planned. I had the original photos on hand when I sought out the locations (after first ensuring the buildings still existed courtesy of Google Earth). Some of those buildings were very hard to find.

Jason

[jmark]

Unbeliveable Mark! Great work! How do you do this?

A lot of preparation!

[DaveNZ]

Great photos

Most of Stalingrad was destroyed wasn't it? wouldn't be too many original buildings remaining ?

[Steve Campbell]

That's awesome. Must have felt strange standing where all of that happened. Some of the buildings look like they haven't changed much, but the photos don't lie.

[Paul E]

Jason i love the first one , i've stood in that area myself a few times and now to see an original shot ofd that view with the Panzers in it ....... Fantastic,

regards

Paul

[DDD777]

A lot of preparation!

And some War Timed :

http://mosarchiv.mos.ru/images/vysta...kov/index.html

[crfraser]

You should consider submitting to After the Battle Magazine and suggest they introduce a readers' before and after section. With your description of how you went about it, it would make great reading and may inspire others too.

Colin

[Douglas Jr.]

Outstanding work!
Thanks a lot for sharing!

Douglas

[Andy F-P]

Great stuff. Well done.
Regards,
Andy