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 MJ 4 Ton Cargo (08 FH 44) |
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Panzer IV Engine Change |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (DS 6472 |
Ford WOT 2H 15cwt GS (KPF 514 P) |
East Anglian Training Brigade Group |
P264 HMS Archer (Archer Class Navy |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (28 KJ 71) |
Tetrarch (1) |
Abbot 105mm SP Gun (07 EB 81) |
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US 118 Artillery Brigade |
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Thornycroft SM-GRN6 Big Ben 10Ton 6 |
Morris C8 FAT Mk3 (UJT 584) |
Land Rover S3 Ambulance (08 FL 74)( |
Albion WD-HD 23N 10Ton 6x4 Tipper |
Berlin May/June 1945 149 |
AEC 0853 Matador (WFF 572)(Copyrigh |
Ford WOT 2H 15cwt GS (VRD 132 Y) |