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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British 48 Gurkha Brigade |
Eastern Front Collection 1399 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (75 KH 93) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 404 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 888 |
Guy Ant 15cwt GS (GWU 522) Proud Ow |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (35 KE 10) |
Ford WOT 2H 15cwt GS (MME 875) 2 |
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr |
1 Welbike |
Land Rover 110 Defender (66 KJ 55) |
Bedford OYC 3Ton Tanker (RFF 760) |
Bedford RL 3Ton Home Office (NOY 67 |
AEC 0853 Matador (141 AA) |
Thornycroft Antar (12 DM 70) |
Morris C4 15cwt GS (MDO 106) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 436 |
Morris C8 15cwt GS (BMR 795 B) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 475 |
Panzer 38t Hetzer (2) |