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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Eastern Front Collection 1542 |
Ford GPW Jeep (439 XUN)(Courtesy of |
12 Mechanised Brigade (Subdued) |
16 Bedford QLT Trooper |
US 9 Army Air Force |
FV 438 Swingfire APC (MUX 597 F) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 705 |
P279 HMS Blazer (Archer Class Navy |
25 Morris CDSW Light Breakdown |
Dodge D15 15cwt (DNR 339) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (81 KH 78) |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (40 KE 66) |
Eastern Front Collection 915 |
Land Rover 110 Defender (36 KL 64) |
Kaiser Jeep M715 Cargo (FOV 582 V) |
Eastern Front Collection 33 |
Land Rover 110 Defender (GVA 139)(M |
US Alaskan Department |
US Ports of Embarkation |
Albion FT103N Clansman 6x4 Machiner |