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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Land Rover S3 Ambulance (PNV 560 Y) |
GMC 353 DUKW 6x6 Cargo (12 RN 31) |
Eastern Front Collection 720 |
Eastern Front Collection 1497 |
Eastern Front Collection 509 |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (RFO 435) |
Alvis Stalwart Amphibious Truck (XT |
Eastern Front Collection 964 |
Eastern Front Collection 1194 |
Eastern Front Collection 766 |
Convoy of Bussing NAG G31 6x4 Wirel |
Humber Heavy Utility (425 JMV) |
Eastern Front Collection 1133 |
Eastern Front Collection 258 |
Thornycroft Antar (12 DM 70) rear |
Humber Snipe Heavy Utility (FER 263 |
Eastern Front Collection 1440 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 582 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, UAZ 469 4 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (10 KH 97) |