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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Dodge WC-51 Weapons Carrier |
Ford GPW Jeep (698 UXW) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (85 KH 23)(Co |
Hotchkiss M201 Jeep (OSJ 164) |
AEC 0859 Militant Mk1 10Ton Gun Tra |
AEC 0853 Matador (WFO 338)(Copyrigh |
Canadian 1 Corps |
Humber Heavy Utility (PCF 991) |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (875 |
FV432 APC (04 EA 82) |
Wolverhampton Bantock House 1940\ |
Messerschmitt Me 110 (1) |
Bedford TK 4x2 Luton Van (66 KC 27) |
AEC 0853 Matador (CUR 822) |
Land Rover 110 Defender (31 KG 78) |
US 130 Engineer Brigade |
US 1st Coast Artillery Defense Sect |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford GPW |
Humber Snipe Heavy Utility (NBP 91) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |