Following on is Volume 2 showing the next 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, Willys MB |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (TFO 297) |
Ford GPW Jeep (439 XUN)(Courtesy of |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (35 KE 17) |
Fordson 917T 3Ton 6x4 Balloon Winch |
Austin K5 3Ton GS (PPM 319) |
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US 82nd Airborne Soldiers 1 |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (GDM 205) |
Thornycroft Antar (12 DM 70) |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (GVS 631) |
Berlin May/June 1945 214 |
2 Army (Embroid) |
Eastern Front Collection 1329 |
Boulton Paul P6 Narrative |
Ford 10 NAAFI Van (JNO 665) |
Eastern Front Collection 38 |
2 Signals Brigade (Subdued) |
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Scammell Constructor 20Ton 6x6 Trac |