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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US 78 Infantry Division (Lightning) |
Eastern Front Collection 1327 |
Eastern Front Collection 1385 |
Thornycroft Nubian Major Dennis Mk9 |
Bedford TK 4x2 Dropside (10 RN 13) |
Thornycroft Antar 60Ton Tractor (16 |
AEC Mercury 4x2 Tractor (71 AN 45) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ward La F |
Star 266 6x6 Cargo (XKI 0502) 3 |
Devonshire Regiment (Embroid) |
Austin Gipsy SWB (957 WME) |
Austin Champ (MDT 470 D) |
Daimler Dingo Scout Car (USV 994) |
Eastern Front Collection 250 |
Eastern Front Collection 1376 |
Eastern Front Collection 922 |
MAN-ERF HX25 9Ton 6x6 Cargo (GD 31 |
Krupp Boxer Accident (top-view) |
Convoy of Bussing NAG G31 6x4 Wirel |
Eastern Front Collection 16 |