This is Volume 1 showing the first 250 photographs from a very exciting collection of photos taken by many Allied servicemen during the Normandy Campaign of the Summer of 1944. Following the D-Day Landings on 6th June 1944, the Allies attempted to breakout from the bridghead throughout June. The Americans drove up the Cotentin peninsula towards Cherbourg and then across through into Brittany. Many of the photos show the devestation of battle of just the ordinary little villages that were destroyed in the name of the Liberation. If you are a military vehicle enthusiast who owns and loves their Jeeps, Dodges and Jimmies, then see your vehicle in it’s environment. Who knows maybe your actual vehicle may be in one of the photos. Looking at many of the photos the Summer of ’44 looked pretty dry and dusty, with many vehicles covered in a light dust. Again a useful observation for model makers amongst us.
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Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (319 DJB) |
AEC 0854 6x6 Prototype Heavy Artill |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (VBP 179 N) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (81 KH 78) |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (43 GF 25 |
Bedford OXC 4x2 Tractor (RSU 164) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 511 |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (YNJ 8) |
Eastern Front Collection 807 |
Berlin May/June 1945 92 |
Trabant P601A 4x2 Field Car (B 833 |
10 Signals Regiment (Desert) |
Chevrolet C15 15cwt GS (NSU 877) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 898 |
Norman Yeomans Austin K5 3Ton, Germ |
Star 266 6x6 Cargo (XKI 0504) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 906 |
Abrams M1A1 Main Battle Tank |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford O |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (ESV 985) |