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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Wartime in the Vale 2010, Redcap Mi |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (MSU 877) |
US 65 Infantry Division |
Eastern Front Collection 738 |
Eastern Front Collection 1556 |
AEC Mercury 4x2 Tractor (70 AN 12) |
Eastern Front Collection 52 |
Austin K5 3Ton GS (TNT 429)2 |
Column of M4 Shermans & M3 Lee |
Ford D Series 4x2 Tractor (03 FV 09 |
Eastern Front Collection 867 |
US 23 Corps |
Eastern Front Collection 1237 |
Austin K9 1Ton GS (068 HA) |
Daimler Mk1 Armoured Car |
AEC 0853 Matador (TAN 493 F) |
Land Rover S3 Shorland Armoured Car |
Eastern Front Collection 1306 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (BSV 517) |
AEC 0853 Matador (1479 BH) |