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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Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Embroid) |
Southern Command - REME (Embroid) |
M4 Sherman of the Free French Force |
Bedford OXD 30cwt GS (SPT 605) |
Eastern Front Collection 62 |
Eastern Front Collection 741 |
Sd Kfz 2 NSU Kettenkrad (SS-170651) |
Thornycroft Nubian Major Dennis Mk9 |
Leyland Martian 10Ton Heavy Recover |
Eastern Front Collection 963 |
AEC 0853 Matador (MUC 771 L) |
Austin Champ (JVU 495 F)(16 BF 64) |
Eastern Front Collection 862 |
Land Rover S3 109 (84 KB 11) |
Austin K2 2Ton GS (ESU 733) |
Alvis Stalwart Amphibious Truck 1 |
Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless (LSU 834) |
Land Rover 127 Ambulance (10 KK 09) |
AEC 0853 Matador (YOO 696 J) |
Eastern Front Collection 1341 |