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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Morris C8 15cwt GS (UEW 823) |
US 116 Infantry Brigade |
AEC 854 Matador 5Ton 6x6 (YSV 559) |
AEC 0854 Matador Coles MkVII Series |
Eastern Front Collection 1265 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |
Normandy 1944 Collection 721 |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (39 KE 90) |
Petlyakov Pe-2 Light Bomber |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |
Berlin May/June 1945 135 |
Hillman 10hp Light Utility (VDD 95) |
Land Rover S2 109 SAS Pink Panther |
Eastern Front Collection 1003 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, M813A1 5T |
Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless (VSV 964) |
Scimitar CVRT Tank (08 FD 06) |
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Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 SWB Wrecker (10 |