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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Wartime in the Vale 2010, Austin K9 |
Column of Marching German Troops on |
1005 Port Maintainance Company, Roy |
Leyland Hippo Mk3 10Ton Tanker (44 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 214 |
Commer Q4 3Ton Home Office (RYX 452 |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (9143 BP)2 |
Eastern Front Collection 545 |
Diamond T 969 4Ton 6x6 Wrecker (FSL |
Normandy 1944 Collection 438 |
Eastern Front Collection 700 |
GMC 352 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (VSV 701) |
Berlin May/June 1945 174 |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (SFF 725) |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
Daimler Ferret Armoured Car Mk2 (OF |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (MUD 248) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 244 |
Austin K2 Fire Tender (GLC 891) |
GMC 352 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (CUY 126 W) |