Following on is Volume 2 showing the next 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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Land Rover S3 Lightweight (85 KB 21 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford GPW |
Normandy 1944 Collection 571 |
Thornycroft Antar 60Ton Tractor (16 |
Bedford RL Green Goddess (SYH 424)( |
Eastern Front Collection 949 |
Bedford QLT 3Ton Trooper (URD 772) |
Morris C8 15cwt GS (NSK 141) |
Morris CS8 15cwt Wireless House |
Ford Iveco 3828 4x2 Tractor (41 KJ |
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12 Mechanised Brigade (Subdued) |
US 116 Infantry Brigade |
Eastern Front Collection 757 |
Bedford OXC 4x2 Tractor (CSV 629) |
Thornycroft SM-GRN6 Big Ben 10Ton 6 |
Berlin May/June 1945 65 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Austin Ch |
Berlin May/June 1945 159 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |