Google Earth WWII aerial images

convex 20 | 3928

18 Mar 2010 / #1

Aerial photographs of European cities during World War II have been made available on Google Earth, giving internet users a real glimpse of the smashed-up landscape of war.

Taken between 1935 and 1945, the snaps record a series of chilling views: Warsaw's ghetto and bombed-out old town; the decimated Renaissance bridge in Florence; and bomb craters in Berlin.

independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/internet-history-google-earths-wwii-aerial-images-1889708.html

Google Earth WWII aerial images

Gregrog 4 | 97

18 Mar 2010 / #2

Warsaw - Old Town - 1945

Warsaw - Old Town - today

time means 5 | 1309

18 Mar 2010 / #3

What's the (almost) square building in the pic?

jonni 16 | 2475

18 Mar 2010 / #4

The red roofed building is the Royal Castle. The white square bottom-right is Mariensztat Square.

Gregrog 4 | 97

19 Mar 2010 / #5

Yes, this is Royal Castle.

Here's the most known building in post-war Warsaw - PKWiN and how it looks like.
1st shoot - 1935
2nd shoot - 1945
3rd shoot - 2008

Click to zoom in.