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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Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (GBD 180 B) |
Eastern Front Collection 20 |
Thornycroft Antar (12 DM 70) rear |
Land Rover 110 Defender (MYK 329 X) |
Berlin May/June 1945 197 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 265 |
Berlin May/June 1945 100 |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS |
Eastern Front Collection 179 |
Berlin May/June 1945 109 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (86 KH 21)(Co |
Morris C8 15cwt GS (VVS 785) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 450 |
Eastern Front Collection 1128 |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (319 DJB) |
AEC 0853 Matador Conversion (JSV 90 |
Eastern Front Collection 1398 |
Leyland Martian 10 ton Cargo (42 BM |
Land Rover 90 Defender (62 KF 49) R |
Berlin May/June 1945 236 |