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 QLD 3Ton Tanker (ESU 721) |
Eastern Front Collection 656 |
Commer Q4 3Ton Cargo (USU 171) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford R |
Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |
Eastern Front Collection 1142 |
Land Rover 110 Defender (49 KF 93) |
Austin K9 1Ton GS |
Aveling Barford 690 Dump Truck (01 |
AEC 0853 Matador (SSY 622) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, GMC 353 C |
MAN-ERF HX25 9Ton 6x6 Cargo (GD 31 |
Ford Iveco 3828 4x2 Tractor (32 RN |
DAF YA 126 1Ton 4x4 Ambulance (VSV |
Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |
Berlin May/June 1945 67 |
Eastern Front Collection 800 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (90 KH 01)(Co |
Eastern Front Collection 316 |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (MSU 877) |