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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Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford GPW |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (487 LUY) 2 |
Eastern Front Collection 431 |
Crossley 1GL8 3Ton 6x4 Workshop (KU |
Austin FV16012 1Ton 4x4 Cargo (CFK |
Seddon Atkinson Strato 380 Tractor |
Eastern Front Collection 1031 |
Dodge WC-21 Half Ton Carryall (PSY |
Normandy 1944 Collection 881 |
Covenanter Tank |
Saxon APC (99 KF 43) |
AEC 0859 Militant Mk1 10Ton Gun Tra |
Normandy 1944 Collection 330 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 884 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (83 KH 21)(Co |
Humber Heavy Utility (RBD 883) 3 |
Austin K5 3Ton GS (USV 673) |
Ford M-8 Armored Car (WSJ 794) |
F233 HMS Marlborough (Type 23 Duke |
Eastern Front Collection 1438 |