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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GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (VBP 179 N) |
Berlin May/June 1945 208 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (21 KF 57) |
Daimler Mk1 Armoured Car (LUE 702 P |
Eastern Front Collection 98 |
FWD SU-COE 5Ton 4x4 Gun Tractor (PR |
Eastern Front Collection 429 |
Karrier K6 3Ton GS (8873 UE) 2 |
Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless (XSU 529) |
Willys MB Jeep Courier |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (UPH 810 X) |
Eastern Front Collection 1094 |
Austin K5 3Ton GS (857 YYC) |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (23 KJ 97) |
Willys MB Jeep (473 XUB) on the mov |
Polikarpov I-15 Biplane Fighter (5) |
Eastern Front Collection 271 |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (JJD 245 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford GPW |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |