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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Austin 10hp Light Utility (277 HPU) |
Eastern Front Collection 1243 |
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr |
Eastern Front Collection 985 |
Eastern Front Collection 1310 |
Ford Zephyr Staff Car (25 AM 44) Fr |
Fordson 917T 3Ton 6x4 Balloon Winch |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, FV432 APC |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (OJC |
Normandy 1944 Collection 71 |
Eastern Front Collection 316 |
19 Diamond T Prime Mover |
AEC 0853 Matador (CSV 730) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 45 |
Austin K2 Ambulance (9442 PE) |
Eastern Front Collection 68 |
Willys MB (YFF 457) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 182 |
AEC 0853 Matador Conversion (513 DB |
GMC 352 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (OFF 814) |