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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Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (85 KH 39) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (78 KH 23) |
Eastern Front Collection 599 |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (13 FM 87 |
Willys MB Jeep (689 KTJ) |
AEC 0853 Matador Conversion (LSV 83 |
British 43 Infantry Division (Embro |
Bedford RL Green Goddess (SYH 424)( |
Royal Engineers |
JCB Rough Terrain Tractor (26 KE 59 |
AEC 0853 Matador (Q 927 AVO) |
Willys MB Jeep (EJW 816) |
12 Mechanised Brigade (Subdued) |
Chieftain Tank Mk6 AVLB (02 EB 18)T |
Foden 8x6 IMMLC Drops (42 KC 13) |
Land Rover 90 Defender (KB 66 AA) |
Eastern Front Collection 1170 |
Land Rover 127 Ambulance (10 KJ 67) |
Eastern Front Collection 1156 |
AEC Mercury 4x2 Tractor (70 AN 13) |