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, Austin 10 |
Iveco VM90T Torpedo 4x4 Truck (GVA |
Zil 131 3.5Ton 6x6 Radio Truck (OFL |
Eastern Front Collection 745 |
Eastern Front Collection 304 |
Morris MRA1 1Ton GS |
Ford F15 15cwt GS (LHA 879 P) 2 |
Ford GPW Jeep (VFF 349)(Courtesy of |
Apache UH-64A Attack Helicopter (US |
Iveco VM90T Torpedo 4x4 Truck (GVA |
Eastern Front Collection 1002 |
Eastern Front Collection 69 |
Bedford RL 3Ton Home Office (SXF 29 |
Eastern Front Collection 380 |
Eastern Front Collection 78 |
Peugeot 202U 4x2 Truck (J 3345) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 217 |
AEC 0853 Matador (JSU 714) 2 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 625 |
Eastern Front Collection 1572 |