Following on is Volume 2 showing the next 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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AEC Matador Gun Tractor Royal Navy |
Land Rover Defender 110(64 KJ 56)(1 |
GMC 352 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (VSV 701) |
29 Open Blitz 1Ton 4x2 Ambulance |
Muir Hill A5000 Excavator (01 HY 00 |
Eastern Front Collection 8 |
AEC 0853 Matador (Q 174 LEG) |
Wessex Training Brigade Group |
Humber MkIV Armoured Car |
Land Rover 110 Defender (KE 71 AA) |
Austin Gipsy LWB (CYY 357 C) |
Abbot 105mm SP Gun (00 FE 21) |
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Berlin May/June 1945 100 |
Dodge WC-51 Weapons Carrier (KFF 14 |
Eastern Front Collection 357 |
RAF Type C Bomb Trolley |
AEC 0853 Matador Conversion (PRX 86 |
Zil 131 3.5Ton 6x6 Radio Truck (B-D |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford R |