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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Morris C4 15cwt GS (MDO 106) |
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr |
Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |
Eastern Front Collection 187 |
Berlin May/June 1945 33 |
Land Rover 101 GS (SOH 53 R) |
Land Rover 90 Defender (61 KF 99) |
US 3 Service Command |
Bedford CF LWB Ambulance (00 HH 37) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 768 |
Berlin May/June 1945 113 |
Eastern Front Collection 1374 |
US 194 Armored Brigade |
AEC 0853 Matador (PVV 15 J) |
AEC 0859 Militant Mk1 10Ton Gun Tra |
Berlin May/June 1945 127 |
Ford Iveco 3828 4x2 Tractor (04 RN |
Eastern Front Collection 700 |
Eastern Front Collection 373 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Willys MB |