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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Ford F30 30cwt LAA Tractor (JUO 51) |
Mack NO2 7.5Ton 6x6 Prime Mover |
Normandy 1944 Collection 846 |
M4A3 Sherman (3) |
Eastern Front Collection 1203 |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (906 FVO) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford Q |
Berlin May/June 1945 125 |
US 16 Engineer Brigade |
Eastern Front Collection 913 |
Norman Yeomans, by cab of Austin K2 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Office (30 KA 13) |
Thornycroft Nubian Light Mobile Dig |
D118 HMS Coventry (Type 42 Class De |
Eastern Front Collection 1103 |
Berlin May/June 1945 102 |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
2 Signals Brigade (Subdued) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, M813A1 5T |
Eastern Front Collection 507 |