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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AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |
Eastern Front Collection 1224 |
Trailer, Sankey Conversion |
DKW Munga 4x4 Field Car (Q 278 YAF) |
Column of M4 Shermans & M3 Lee |
Austin K2 Canteen (GXH 355) |
AEC 0859 Militant Mk1 10Ton Gun Tra |
Eastern Front Collection 961 |
Durham Light Infantry (Embroid) |
US Army Signals Center & Schoo |
Daimler Ferret Mk2 (00 EA 37) 2 |
Dodge WC-52 Weapons Carrier |
Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Embroi |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (ESU 510) |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (YOT 97) |
morris-lc5-lomas-ambulance-21-ce-17 |
Eastern Front Collection 637 |
Eastern Front Collection 324 |
Land Rover 110 Defender (K 305 MCL) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |