D-Day remembered: Striking then-and-now photographs capture how northern France was devastated 70 years ago

D-Day remembered: Striking then-and-now photographs capture how northern France was devastated 70 years ago

Today they are picturesque scenes of tranquility, but 70 years ago these sites in Northern France were the bloody stage for the D-Day landings. With the anniversary of the Normandy Landings approaching next week, Getty Images have created a striking juxtaposition of the scenes in 1944 and 2014. Pictured: A Canadian soldier is directing traffic in Bernieres-sur-Mer on 6 June, 1944. The Canadians landed at Juno Beach which is nearby. Nearly 14,000 Canadian soldiers were put ashore and 340 lost their live in the battles for the beachhead