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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Morris MRA1 1Ton GS (RSY 577) |
Polikarpov I-15 Biplane Fighter (1) |
Eastern Front Collection 995 |
Foden 6x4 Low Mobility Tanker (20 G |
EWK-KHD M2 Alligator Amphibious Bri |
Land Rover 110 Defender (GVA 092)(M |
Dodge 100 G26T 4x2 Tractor (07 KD 3 |
AEC Mercury 4x2 Tractor (63 AN 29) |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (MRA 808 |
Humber Super Snipe Staff Car (22 ER |
Eastern Front Collection 484 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton PIPS (25 GN 45) |
Eastern Front Collection 1302 |
M26 Pershing (2) |
Eastern Front Collection 929 |
Austin Champ (JVU 495 F)(16 BF 64) |
VW Type 166 Schwimmwagen (WH-164769 |
Eastern Front Collection 303 |
Eastern Front Collection 1301 |
7 GMC CCKW 353 Tanker |