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 (FSB 84 |
Thornycroft Tartar WOF 3Ton 6x4 Wor |
Eastern Front Collection 289 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 85 |
Diamond T 969 4Ton 6x6 Wrecker (Q 6 |
Duke of Lancasters Regiment (Desert |
RAF Single Nitrogen Trolley |
Eastern Front Collection 1201 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Ptarmigan Radio (0 |
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Eastern Front Collection 1324 |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Maintenance (LH-70 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (40 HF 55) |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (49 KK 49) |
Humber Pig 1 Ton Armoured Car (30 B |
Mercedes Benz LG3000 Radio Truck (W |
Kaiser Jeep M725 Ambulance (US Junk |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (86 KH 21)(Co |
Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless (VSV 964) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford O |