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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Churchill Tank at Dieppe |
Eastern Front Collection 871 |
Land Rover S2 Ambulance (RTT 490 H) |
Leyland Daf 45 Bomb Disposal Van (C |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (33 KJ 12) |
Eastern Front Collection 98 |
Eastern Front Collection 1384 |
Humber Pig 1 Ton Armoured Car (HPA |
Hillman 10hp Light Utility (WFF 769 |
Land Rover 90 Defender (76 KF 97) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 276 |
Tiger I (3) |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (BAN 71 G |
Eastern Front Collection 519 |
D88 HMS Glasgow (Type 42 Class Dest |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (83 KD 47) |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (TVS 874 R) |
Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless (VSV 964) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Austin Ch |
18 Chevrolet 1.5ton |