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 OXC 4x2 Tractor (CSV 629) 2 |
Leyland Martian 10 ton Cargo (47 BM |
Valentine Tank |
Eastern Front Collection 1257 |
Fox Armoured Car (10 FD 21) |
Land Rover 110 Defender |
Ford WOT 2H 15cwt Radar (420 XUR) R |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (FOT 988) |
Crossley Fire Tender (RAF Cosford M |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (83 KH 34)(Co |
Thornycroft Nubian Light Mobile Dig |
Eastern Front Collection 593 |
Column of M4 Shermans & M3 Lee |
Normandy 1944 Collection 567 |
Eastern Front Collection 907 |
Foden 8x6 IMMLC Drops (42 KC 14) |
M35A2 2.5Ton 6x6 Cargo with Water T |
Eastern Front Collection 1263 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 86 |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (Q 64 |