Following on is Volume 2 showing the next 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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CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt |
Canadian 2 Corps |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (64 YY 6 |
Thornycroft Antar 60Ton Tractor (50 |
Eastern Front Collection 428 |
Eastern Front Collection 469 |
Land Rover 90 Defender (MP 03 DND) |
Bedford QL 3Ton (XBW 775 H) |
British 1 Infantry Division Royal S |
Land Rover 110 Defender (36 KL 64) |
Wolseley GS Truck (LE 5470) |
Morris Minor 1000 Traveller (42 FJ |
Bedford OYD 3Ton (BHJ 800) |
Sackheimer Tor, Kaliningrad (Koenig |
US West Pacific Far East Command |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (NYH 444) |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (NVS 261) |
Fordson ET6 Thames 3 ton 4x2 Cargo |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (NGY 295) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford R |