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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Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (GFO 261) |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (VJN 382 S) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 921 |
Commer Q4 3Ton Home Office (RYX 72) |
Eastern Front Collection 1379 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 452 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 489 |
Panzer III Ausf N (3) |
Royal Engineers Group Photo |
Ward La France Model 1000 Series 2 |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (CSV 319) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 595 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 285 |
Eastern Front Collection 526 |
Eastern Front Collection 1224 |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Runway Sweeper |
Bedford TK 4x2 Luton Van (66 KC 27) |
Simca Marmon MH600BS 1.5Ton 4x4 Car |
Eastern Front Collection 358 |
Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |