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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Normandy 1944 Collection 206
REME Unit in Italy, July 1945 |
Eastern Front Collection 1155 |
Morris C8 FAT Mk3 (TNR 896) |
Original German WW2 Studio Photo 51 |
Eastern Front Collection 357 |
Leyland Hippo Mk3 10Ton Tanker (Z-2 |
AEC 0853 Matador (019 FC) |
Land Rover 110 Defender (36 KF 96) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 326 |
GMC 353 DUKW 6x6 Cargo |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (JSU 141) |
Land Rover 110 Defender (12 KF 78) |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (34 KE 28) |
British 1 Infantry Division Infantr |
Eastern Front Collection 622 |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Office (RSU 929 |
Uaz 469 4x4 Field Car (E 477 MDX) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 505 |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (348 JPP) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Austin Ch |