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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Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Office (YSV 255 |
AEC 0853 Matador (PDD 781 M) |
Wolseley 25hp Staff Car (XVS 176) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Volvo TGB |
AEC 0853 Matador (XWL 771 K) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 739 |
Bedford TM 4x4 Cargo (33 AJ 47) |
Eastern Front Collection 1525 |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (51 KK 00) |
AEC 0859 Militant Mk1 10Ton Gun Tra |
Eastern Front Collection 553 |
DAF YA 328 3Ton Artillery Tractor ( |
AEC 0860 Militant Mk1 10Ton Cargo ( |
Trailer, Sankey (24 GT 40)(Copyrigh |
US 160 Signal Brigade |
Ford C15 and WOT2 15cwts |
Star 266 6x6 Cargo (XKI 0504) 2 |
1005 Port Maintainance Company, Roy |
Thornycroft TFA B81 Nubian Gloster |
Eastern Front Collection 450 |