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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Eastern Front Collection 85 |
Humber Pig 1 Ton Armoured Car (HPA |
Normandy 1944 Collection 727 |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (34 KE 72) |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (62 AM 58 |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
Abrams M1A1 Main Battle Tank |
D12 HMS Kent (County Class Destroye |
Morris C8 15cwt GS (51861) |
Scammell Constructor 20Ton 6x6 Trac |
Ford Iveco 3828 4x2 Tractor (41 KJ |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (HSU |
US 8 Army |
Austin K9 1Ton GS (437 PX) |
Eastern Front Collection 1371 |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Tanker (FSK 396) |
Austin Champ (874 UXJ) |
Eastern Front Collection 1404 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, US arines |
DKW Munga 4x4 Field Car (Y-746862) |