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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Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (YSU 653) |
British 43 Infantry Division (Print |
Eastern Front Collection 1565 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (60 KE 41) |
Ford Iveco 3828 4x2 Tractor (07 RN |
Eastern Front Collection 632 |
Dodge WC-51 Weapons Carrier (GFO 6 |
Commer Q4 3Ton Home Office (490 ELM |
Fiat Allis FL5B Tracked Loader (99 |
Berlin May/June 1945 194 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (88 KH 22)(Co |
British 48 Gurkha Brigade |
Vickers Valetta (VX-564) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (82 KH 90) |
Berlin May/June 1945 30 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 18 |
Thornycroft Nubian Major Dennis Mk9 |
Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light |
Humber Heavy Utility (HGO 330) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Humber 1T |