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 S3 Lightweight (35 FG 89 |
Eastern Front Collection 637 |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (ESV 985)2 |
Berlin May/June 1945 21 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (24 KF 41) |
Leyland Retriever WLW3 3Ton 6x4 GS |
British 59 Infantry Division (Embro |
AEC Matador Gun Tractor Royal Navy |
Eastern Front Collection 1297 |
Eastern Front Collection 776 |
Polish 2 Corps |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (HXT 427) |
M35A2 2.5Ton 6x6 Cargo (RFO 979) |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 SWB Wrecker (10 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (82 KH 86) |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (VVF 657 S) |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (33 KE 35) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 438 |
145 (Home Counties) Brigade |
Berlin May/June 1945 191 |