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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AEC 0853 Matador Conversion (Q 862 |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Tanker |
Normandy 1944 Collection 264 |
Standard 12hp Light Utility (SSV 68 |
Eastern Front Collection 462 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 66 |
Eastern Front Collection 239 |
IFA W50 LA-A 3Ton 404 Cargo (DLR 11 |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (47 HG 58 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |
Bedford RL 3Ton Home Office (SXF 28 |
Eastern Front Collection 1381 |
MAN-ERF HX25 9Ton 6x6 Cargo (GD 31 |
Unipower Carmichael MFV 6x6 Fire Te |
Leyland Martian 10Ton Heavy Recover |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (35 KE 42) |
Royal Dragoon Guards |
Normandy 1944 Collection 402 |
Eastern Front Collection 617 |
Leyland Mastiff 4x2 Tractor (74 AN |