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 101 GS (GSU 583) |
Leyland Hippo Mk3 10Ton Tanker |
Austin K9 1Ton GS |
Horse Drawn Transport |
Ford WOT 2H 15cwt Radar (420 XUR) R |
Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless (VSV 964) |
Rolls Royce Armoured Car |
Morris Minor 1000 Traveller (39 FJ |
Austin K2 Ambulance (RRX 660 F) |
Dodge D15 15cwt GS (366 DEL) |
US 7 Corps |
Albion WD-HD 23N 10Ton 6x4 Tipper |
Oshkosh Close Support Tanker (BP 98 |
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Ford GPW Jeep (JYC 485)(Courtesy of |
M924 Primula |
Bedford OWB Bus Ministry of Supply |
Humber Heavy Utility (NHJ 751) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (77 KH 70)(Co |
US 84 Infantry Division (Railsplitt |