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.   

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US 18 Engineer Brigade
US 18 Engineer Brigade
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US 80 Infantry Division (Blue Ridge
CVN-75 USS Harry S Truman
CVN-75 USS Harry S Truman
VW Type 166 Schwimmwagen (WH-1647697) 4
VW Type 166 Schwimmwagen (WH-164769
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Austin Champ (RDF 566 G)(94 BE 31)(
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Leyland Mastiff 4x2 Tractor (74 AN
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Eastern Front Collection 1399
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Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove
Original German WW2 Studio Photo 40
Original German WW2 Studio Photo 40
Normandy 1944 Collection 399
Normandy 1944 Collection 399
Land Rover 90 Defender
Land Rover 90 Defender
Eastern Front Collection 858
Eastern Front Collection 858
Austin Champ (874 UXJ)
Austin Champ (874 UXJ)
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tractor
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr
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Bedford MJ 4 Ton Ptarmigan Radio (0
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Eastern Front Collection 206
Normandy 1944 Collection 278
Normandy 1944 Collection 278
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (34 KE 06)
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (34 KE 06)
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (OHR 665 H)
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (OHR 665 H)