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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Western Command (Embroid) |
Land Rover 110 Defender (33 KG 28) |
Eastern Front Collection 1088 |
Trailer, Sankey (85 KC 94) |
Berlin May/June 1945 90 |
Eastern Front Collection 1345 |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (GFO 261) |
Eastern Front Collection 770 |
Ford F30 30cwt LAA Tractor (118 MO) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 139 |
Bedford TK 4x2 Tractor (72 KC 27) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 242 |
Dodge WC-52 Weapons Carrier (RFF 17 |
Eastern Front Collection 1511 |
Eastern Front Collection 1266 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, GMC 352 C |
VW 181 Field Car (AAL 288 A) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 49 |
Ford F15 15cwt GS (WFX 413) |
M102 HMS Grimsby (Sandown Class Min |