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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Wartime in the Vale 2010, Spartan C |
Albion CX22S 6x4 Heavy Artillery Tr |
Austin FV16012 1Ton 4x4 Cargo (Q 75 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 474 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 485 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 459 |
Thornycroft SM-GRN6 Big Ben 10Ton 6 |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (DAS 458) |
Seddon Atkinson Strato 380 Tractor |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (PSU 187) |
DAF YA 314 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (DXF 314) |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Tanker |
Albion FT15N 6x6 Field Artillery Tr |
Bedford QLD 3Ton 4x4 Chassis and Ca |
Eastern Front Collection 741 |
Eastern Front Collection 1524 |
Thornycroft Nubian Light Mobile Dig |
Berlin May/June 1945 8 |
Berlin May/June 1945 159 |
GMC 353 DUKW 6x6 Cargo (72 YP 65) |