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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DKW Munga 4x4 Field Car (Y-746862) |
Land Rover 110 Defender (02 KF 15) |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Refueller (28 KF 4 |
Land Rover 110 Defender |
Eastern Front Collection 356 |
Eastern Front Collection 445 |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (34 KE 64) |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (TNO 43 E) |
Eastern Front Collection 1109 |
Mack NM6 6Ton 6x6 Cargo (EAJ 111) |
Dodge Commando G13 Wadham Stringer |
Eastern Front Collection 824 |
US Anti-Aircraft Command Eastern De |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (PZO 231)(Sw |
Foden 8x6 IMMLC Drops (AF 19 AA) |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (292 WTJ) |
Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |
AEC 0853 Matador Conversion (EDT 64 |
Humber Heavy Utility (843 FUF) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford M |