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 RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (PRE 719 |
Berlin May/June 1945 160 |
White 666 6Ton 6x6 Prime Mover (VVS |
Berlin May/June 1945 63 |
Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |
Bedford TK 4 Ton 4x2 Cargo (40 AJ 9 |
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DAF YA 126 1Ton 4x4 Ambulance (VSV |
Standard 12hp Light Utility (SSV 68 |
HS-Harrier (XV-759) 1 |
Eastern Front Collection 46 |
Tanks of the Coldstream Guards Firi |
Eastern Front Collection 639 |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (33 KE 68) |
International M5 13Ton High Speed T |
GHQ Far East Land Forces |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (13 FM 87 |
FV 438 Swingfire APC (MUX 597 F) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford WOT2 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (89 KH 99) |