Original WW2 Photos, Normandy1944, Vol 1

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.   

Random Images From Collection
Normandy 1944 Collection 173
Normandy 1944 Collection 173
Eastern Front Collection 584
Eastern Front Collection 584
Commer Q4 3Ton Home Office (RYX 72)(courtesy of Phil)
Commer Q4 3Ton Home Office (RYX 72)
Normandy 1944 Collection 135
Normandy 1944 Collection 135
Commer Q4 3Ton Home Office (490 ELM)
Commer Q4 3Ton Home Office (490 ELM
Tetrarch (2)
Tetrarch (2)
M4A1 Sherman with Rocket Launcher (2)
M4A1 Sherman with Rocket Launcher (
AEC 0853 Matador (JDG 359)
AEC 0853 Matador (JDG 359)
Dwarfed by its 8.5 feet high track-wheels, this US 9th Army Sergeant is examining a partly-made new German super-tank
Dwarfed by its 8.5 feet high track-
Normandy 1944 Collection 418
Normandy 1944 Collection 418
Tilling Stevens TS20 3Ton 4x2 Searchlight (SSV 996) 2
Tilling Stevens TS20 3Ton 4x2 Searc
Saladin Armoured Car (01 CC 38)
Saladin Armoured Car (01 CC 38)
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (BE-OO-19)(Neth)
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (BE-OO-19)(N
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (83 KH 27)(Copyright ERF Mania)
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (83 KH 27)(Co
Normandy 1944 Collection 271
Normandy 1944 Collection 271
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Office (61 KE 45)
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Office (61 KE 45)
M40 HMS Berkeley (Hunt Class Minesweeper) Photographed January 1993. Sold to Greek Navy in 2001
M40 HMS Berkeley (Hunt Class Minesw
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (WYJ 590)
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (WYJ 590)
Normandy 1944 Collection 519
Normandy 1944 Collection 519
Hummer Roadblock
Hummer Roadblock