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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US 193 Infantry Brigade |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |
AEC 0853 Matador (Q 517 NYB) |
Challenger 1 Tank (34 KA 05) |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Rapier Support (09 |
Eastern Front Collection 583 |
Leyland Hippo Mk3 10Ton Tanker |
Eastern Front Collection 443 |
Austin Champ (VFO 310)(Courtesy of |
Ford C15 and WOT2 15cwts |
Normandy 1944 Collection 15 |
Austin Champ (RDF 566 G)(94 BE 31)( |
Seddon Atkinson 401 4x2 Tractor (03 |
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr |
AEC 0853 Matador (JSU 177) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 111 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 84 |
Eastern Front Collection 16 |
Berlin May/June 1945 194 |
Combat Engineer Tractor (CET) |