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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AEC 0853 Matador (98 YY 87) |
Centurion Tank AVLB Bridgelayer (03 |
Austin Champ (210 UXJ)(6948 RN) Fro |
Thornycroft SM GRN6 Big Ben 10Ton 6 |
Norman Yeomans with Austin K2 30cwt |
Normandy 1944 Collection 318 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 552 |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (9199 JH)(Copyr |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (83 KD 47) |
1 Artillery Brigade |
Eastern Front Collection 1396 |
Austin Champ (DEH 293 H) |
Chevrolet C15 15cwt GS (GSV 556)(Co |
British 1 Infantry Division Infantr |
Normandy 1944 Collection 409 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (SSU 839) |
Austin Champ (FUT 947 C) |
6 Armoured Division (Embroid) |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (LGV 571) |
Grenadier Guards on Exercise, Germa |