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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Thornycroft Amazon WF swb Coles Mk7 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (SSU 839) |
Panhard AML Armoured Car |
Morris MRA1 1Ton GS |
Eastern Front Collection 381 |
Eastern Front Collection 266 |
Suzuki MG410 (GVA 059)(Malta) |
Trailer, Sankey Catering (14 TM 76) |
Eastern Front Collection 64 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford GPW |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (77 KH 14) |
Mercedes Benz Unimog S404 4x4 Cargo |
Eastern Front Collection 619 |
31 GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Maintenance |
Blackhawk UH-60 Utility Helicopter |
Mack NM6 6Ton 6x6 Cargo (HYR 941) |
Foden 8x6 IMMLC Drops (AD 78 AA) |
AEC 0853 Matador (590 AA) |
Eastern Front Collection 1179 |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |