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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Normandy 1944 Collection 170
Eastern Front Collection 446 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Dodge WC- |
Panzer IV in North Africa |
Austin K9 1 Ton GS (95 BG 97) |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (OAW 146 |
Eastern Front Collection 1341 |
Land Rover S2 109 SAS Pink Panther |
Eastern Front Collection 603 |
Austin K2 2Ton GS (ESU 733)2 |
Ford F30 30cwt LAA Tractor (GSJ 472 |
Eastern Front Collection 1448 |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (MSU 354) |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (DNT 348) |
Dodge WC-12 Pick Up (8264 VP) |
Eastern Front Collection 527 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 341 |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (YNJ 8) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 184 |
Hillman Minx 10hp Staff Car (GND 50 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Airborne |