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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Berlin May/June 1945 219 |
Commer Q4 3Ton Tipper (87 BP 22) |
Chevrolet C60S 3Ton Breakdown (BN 5 |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
Berlin May/June 1945 55 |
Eastern Front Collection 81 |
AEC 0853 Matador (OJO 379 M) |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (MSU 354) |
Bedford QLD 3Ton (JAD 902) |
Eastern Front Collection 1214 |
Foden 8x6 IMMLC Drops (42 KC 09) |
Volvo L3314 Laplander 4x4 Radio (BT |
Leyland Martian 10Ton Heavy Recover |
Minerva / Land Rover 88 (84734) |
Thornycroft SM GRN6 Big Ben 10Ton 6 |
Eastern Front Collection 1069 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Willys MB |
Middle East Theater of Operations |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Tanker |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (WMF 941) |