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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Oshkosh Close Support Tanker (DG 31 |
Dodge WC-54 Ambulance (417 DEL) |
Polikarpov I-16 Trainer (2) |
Bedford TK 4 Ton 4x2 Cargo (37 GB 7 |
Mack NO2 7.5Ton 6x6 Prime Mover (WF |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (KFF |
Humber FWD Light Ambulance (115 KGC |
Thornycroft TFA B81 Nubian Fir Tend |
International Mk5 5 Ton Crane (174- |
15 Signals Regiment (Subdued) |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (81 KK 91)(C |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |
Alvis Saracen Armoured Command Vehi |
M35A2 2.5Ton 6x6 Cargo (JFO 207) 2 |
Dodge WC-57 Command Car (PSL 994) |
Ford WOT 2H 15cwt Radar (420 XUR) R |
Austin Champ (MDT 833 D) |
Humber MkIV Armoured Car |
Dodge WC-52 Weapons Carrier (XSV 49 |
Eastern Front Collection 1395 |