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 MWD 15cwt Western Desert 19 |
Dodge WC-53 Carryall (Q 347 JKN) |
Seddon Atkinson 4x2 Tractor (08 HH |
Hotchkiss M201 Jeep (265-1634) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (82 KH 01) |
Berlin May/June 1945 217 |
Eastern Front Collection 189 |
Mack NM6 6Ton 6x6 Cargo (SXO 926) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Alvis Sar |
Junkers Ju 52 (2) |
P279 HMS Blazer (Archer Class Navy |
Land Rover 90 Defender (61 KJ 21) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |
Morris MRA1 1Ton GS |
Eastern Front Collection 1305 |
Ford Iveco Cargo 10Ton 6x4 (15 AY 4 |
Berlin May/June 1945 215 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Austin K9 |
Bedford TK 4 Ton 4x2 Cargo (45 GJ 6 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Austin K5 |