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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Land Rover S2 Ambulance (57 FG 54) |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Office (AK 34 AA) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 35 |
BSA M20 500cc (USY 115)(Courtesy of |
Eastern Front Collection 1490 |
Land Rover 110 Defender (78 KK 58) |
Eastern Front Collection 901 |
AEC 854 Matador 5Ton 6x6 2500 Galls |
Eastern Front Collection 1110 |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (193 GMO) |
Eastern Front Collection 567 |
Eastern Front Collection 1227 |
Fiat 639 4x4 Cargo (EI-86479) |
M4A3 Sherman (1) |
Daimler Ferret Mk2 (02 DA 42) |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (GDO 181 E) |
Eastern Front Collection 1327 |
Hotchkiss M201 Jeep (XFO 113) |
Austin K2 Ambulance (UVS 647) |