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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Austin Gipsy LWB (918 FUW) |
FWD SU-COE 5Ton 4x4 Gun Tractor (PR |
21 Engineer Regiment |
Dodge WC-54 Ambulance (DSK 263) |
Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (JOD 820) |
19 Mechanised Brigade (Desert) |
Thornycroft Nubian Fire Tender (22 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 822 |
16 Bedford QLT Trooper |
Thornycroft SM-GRN6 Big Ben 10Ton 6 |
Eastern Front Collection 1076 |
Eastern Front Collection 950 |
Eastern Front Collection 223 |
Austin K2 2Ton GS (ESU 733)2 |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (PZO 231)(Sw |
Eastern Front Collection 1377 |
Ford GPW Jeep (TSY 145) |
Austin K6 3Ton 6x4 (KMO 491) |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |