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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Land Rover 101 Ambulance (73 GJ 28) |
AEC 0853 Matador (KOT 801 F) |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (YSU 193) |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Ptarmigan Radio (7 |
European Theater of Operaions (Adva |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (BSK 105) |
Seddon Atkinson 401 4x2 Tractor (07 |
Austin K6 3Ton Breakdown Gantry |
Eastern Front Collection 1172 |
Austin 10hp Staff Car Conversion (F |
Hotchkiss M201 Jeep (HSJ 385) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 883 |
US 47 National Guard Division |
Austin Champ (WPD 116 G)(61 BE 04) |
Eastern Front Collection 644 |
Bedford OXC 4x2 Tractor |
Bedford QL 3Ton (XBW 775 H) |
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Leyland Mastiff 4x2 Tractor (78 AN |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford O |