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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Wartime in the Vale 2010, Austin Ch |
DAF YA 3300 6x4 DROPS (KR-40-87) |
Ford Van with Soldiers |
Austin Champ (LAY 313 E) |
Land Rover 110 Defender (17 KJ 82) |
Yorkshire Regiment |
Eastern Front Collection 272 |
Austin Gipsy LWB (KYP 660 D) |
M24 Chaffee (4) |
Staffordshire Regt Museum - Ferret |
Eastern Front Collection 169 |
AEC 0853 Matador (PFJ 849 M) |
Eastern Front Collection 681 |
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (WFU 706) |
D90 HMS Southampton (Type 42 Class |
Thornycroft Nubian 4x4 Crane (00 EX |
Commer Q4 3Ton Office (GSU 610) |
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