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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Autocar U-7144T 5Ton 4x4 Tractor |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (OTR 288 S) |
Wolverhampton Bantock House 1940\ |
US 1 Logistical Command |
Bedford MWV 15cwt Van RAF (GYY 941) |
Dodge WC-12 Pick Up (8264 VP) |
Eastern Front Collection 551 |
Bedford RL 3 ton 4x4 Cargo (07 DE 3 |
Berlin May/June 1945 6 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 924 |
Sackheimer Tor, Kaliningrad (Koenig |
Eastern Front Collection 1520 |
M5A1 Half Track (MUH 754 P) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 738 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 529 |
Hillman 10hp Light Utility (VDD 95) |
Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |
Eastern Front Collection 11 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (VFF 320) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford O |