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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Normandy 1944 Collection 2
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Normandy 1944 Collection 206
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford GPW |
Land Rover S3 109 (48 FH 41) |
Scammell Commander Tractor (52 KB 5 |
Eastern Front Collection 309 |
US 15 Corps |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (Q 61 |
US 16 Corps |
Normandy 1944 Collection 143 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (DZ 61 AA) |
Austin K9 1Ton Ambulance (JLH 640 K |
Eastern Front Collection 1564 |
Eastern Front Collection 1164 |
Morris C8 FAT Mk2, Limber & 25 Poun |
US 14 Corps |
Eastern Front Collection 129 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 661 |
Challenger 1 Tank (34 KA 05) |
Guy Ant 15cwt GS (GWU 522) Drivers |
Eastern Front Collection 1198 |
Panzer 38t Hetzer (1) |