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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Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (78 KH 36) |
Dodge WC-54 Ambulance |
Bedford RL 3Ton Home Office (NOY 67 |
Minerva / Land Rover Para Commando |
Eastern Front Collection 12 |
Commer Q4 3Ton Office (LSU 600) |
Willys MB Jeep (Q 644 LPP) |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (JJD 245 |
Eastern Front Collection 907 |
Diamond T 968A 4Ton 6x6 Cargo |
Eastern Front Collection 1228 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (VFF 320) |
Eastern Front Collection 422 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Redcap Mi |
Ford WOT 2H 15cwt GS (SSU 728) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Simca Mar |
Fox Armoured Car (10 FD 21) |
Bedford SB3 Strachans Body Coach (4 |
Eastern Front Collection 454 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (83 KH 94) |