Now this is an incredible use of technology---
Left click and hold on each photo, and then drag your mouse gently from left to right on the original photograph and it will slowly become a photo of the exact same location and view today - drag it back to the left and you are back in 1944!

Copy and paste to your address bar.Just fascinating!


Code:
http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/2014/apr/image-opacity-slider-master/index.html?ww2-dday
Enjoy.