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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AEC 0853 Matador (RBF 854) |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (40 KE 81) |
Eastern Front Collection 549 |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (AWR 990 S) |
Bedford QLT 3Ton Trooper (519 DPW) |
Eastern Front Collection 1331 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 326 |
Volvo FH12 6x4 Tractor (VM 37 AA)(C |
Austin Gipsy LWB (CYY 357 C) |
Eastern Front Collection 391 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 652 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 594 |
M3A1 Half Track (WSU 733) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, VW Iltis |
Leyland Roadrunner 8-13 4x2 Box Van |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (EAH 863) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, FH 70 How |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Refueller (06 KC 9 |
Chevrolet C15 15cwt GS (GNV 590 N) |
Muir Hill A5000 Excavator (01 HY 00 |