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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Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (AF 413)(Cyprus |
Bedford OXD 30cwt GS (WFX 299) |
Daimler Ferret Armoured Car Mk2 (DS |
Royal Army Medical Corps (Embroid) |
Bedford QL 3Ton (XBW 775 H) |
Bedford TL 4x2 Tractor (95 KD 46) |
Eastern Front Collection 503 |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Tanker |
Royal Artillery Private |
Daimler Ferret Armoured Car (XFO 23 |
M35A2 2.5Ton 6x6 Cargo (JFO 207) 2 |
Eastern Front Collection 1564 |
Vickers Crossley Model 25 Armoured |
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr |
Leyland Mastiff 4x2 Tractor (78 AN |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (DAS 458) |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (806 FUF) |
Berlin May/June 1945 3 |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (16 FM 81 |
CVN-73 USS George Washington |