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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M35A2 2.5Ton 6x6 Cargo (RFO 979) |
Eastern Front Collection 64 |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (TYJ 707) |
Eastern Front Collection 203 |
Eastern Front Collection 698 |
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Land Rover S3 Lightweight (62 AM 58 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 767 |
Diamond T 969 4Ton 6x6 Wrecker (FSL |
Berlin May/June 1945 204 |
Simca Marmon MH600BS 1.5Ton 4x4 Car |
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr |
21 Engineer Regiment |
Land Rover 110 Defender (12 KF 78) |
M4A1 Sherman with Flamethrower (1) |
Austin Champ (RDF 566 G)(94 BE 31) |
Chevrolet C8 8cwt HUW Wireless (JOR |
Ford GPW Jeep (JYC 485)(Courtesy of |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Light Recovery (02 |
Eastern Front Collection 817 |