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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Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
Eastern Front Collection 1539 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 439 |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |
Bedford OYD 3 Ton GS (487 LUY) |
Pontiac Silver Streak (1941)(540 UX |
Yak-1 Fighter (2) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 373 |
Eastern Front Collection 716 |
Austin Champ (RRM 37 G) |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (348 JPP) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 504 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 431 |
Ford Transit LWB Minibus (05 RN 79) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 337 |
Royal Signals 5 Troop, May 1952 - I |
Dodge WC-56 Command Car (GOP 800) |
Eastern Front Collection 529 |
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Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford GPW |