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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Magirus Deutz S3500 4x2 Fire Rescue |
Eastern Front Collection 1040 |
AEC 0853 Matador (422 EH) |
Eastern Front Collection 852 |
Eastern Front Collection 124 |
Eastern Front Collection 1195 |
Eastern Front Collection 769 |
Eastern Front Collection 601 |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Tanker (HBD 262)(B |
AEC 0859 Militant Mk1 10Ton Gun Tra |
Zil 131 3.5Ton 6x6 Radio Truck (Q 2 |
Eastern Front Collection 286 |
AEC Mandator 10Ton 4x2 Refueller (7 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Spartan C |
Eastern Front Collection 1442 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (85 KH 39) |
Eastern Front Collection 1102 |
Berlin May/June 1945 61 |
Thornycroft Antar 60Ton Tractor (12 |
Saxon APC (99 KF 43) |