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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Land Rover S2 109 SAS Pink Panther |
Diamond T 969 4Ton 6x6 Wrecker (LNK |
US 34 Infantry Division (Red Bull) |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (SSV 927) |
Eastern Front Collection 196 |
Bedford OXC 4x2 Tractor (RSU 164) |
Trailer, Sankey Catering (08 TM 12) |
Oshkosh Close Support Tanker (BP 98 |
AEC 0853 Matador (HPK 648 N) |
Eastern Front Collection 763 |
Eastern Front Collection 1074 |
Eastern Front Collection 726 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 425 |
Bedford TK 4 Ton 4x2 Cargo (45 GJ 6 |
Eastern Front Collection 1539 |
Dodge WC-53 Carryall (XVS 625) |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (NSU 422) |
AEC 0853 Matador (HNM 435 F) |
Eastern Front Collection 1534 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |