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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Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep SAS (UVJ 11 |
Seddon Atkinson 401 4x2 Tractor (07 |
Eastern Front Collection 47 |
Scammell Commander Tractor (06 SP 0 |
Gaz 69A 4x4 Field Car (175-58-59) |
Panzer III Ausf N (2) |
Eastern Front Collection 52 |
AEC 0860 Militant Mk1 10 ton Cargo |
Bedford OXD 30cwt GS (XPC 75 N) |
Daimler Ferret Armoured Car (XFO 23 |
US 2 Infantry Division (Indian Head |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (VBP 179 N) |
British 19 Brigade |
Eastern Front Collection 866 |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (NEG 122 |
Eastern Front Collection 1116 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |
Normandy 1944 Collection 467 |
Land Rover 110 Defender (31 KG 78) |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (33 KE 96) |