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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US 76 Infantry Division |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (60 KE 87) |
Albion CX22S 6x4 Heavy Artillery Tr |
Thornycroft Antar (50 EK 55) |
Thornycroft Antar 60Ton Tractor (02 |
US 196 Infantry Brigade |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (Q 64 |
Ford WOT 2H 15cwt Radio (PSU 552) 2 |
Eastern Front Collection 574 |
Scammell Pioneer R100 Gun Tractor ( |
Bedford MWC Water Tanker(JNH 426 N) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (83 KH 94) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Trade Sta |
Scammell Pioneer R100 Gun Tractor ( |
Commer Q4 3Ton Office |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Wrecker (00 DL |
M5A1 Half Track (WYJ 732) |
Diamond T 969 4Ton 6x6 Wrecker |
Berlin May/June 1945 130 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford M |