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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Wartime in the Vale 2010, Dodge WC- |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (THX 764 F) |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (39 KE 10) |
19 Diamond T Prime Mover |
Eastern Front Collection 249 |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (PDW |
Eastern Front Collection 694 |
Land Rover 90 Defender (62 KF 49) R |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (WSV 806) |
Humber Pig 1 Ton Armoured Car (RSY |
AEC 0853 Matador (Q 517 NYB) |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (PSU 187) |
Eastern Front Collection 41 |
Leyland Mastiff 4x2 Tractor (78 AN |
Eastern Front Collection 557 |
Uaz 469 4x4 Field Car (UAZ 3710) |
Daihatsu 4x2 Cargo (UNPF-16016) |
M4A1 Sherman Tanks in Italy |
Truman Bridge Built by US 83 Divisi |
Daimler Ferret Mk1-1 (77 MS 64) |