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 GPW Jeep (SSV 929) |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (35 KE 37) |
Leyland Martian 10Ton Artillery Tra |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (70 KB 29) |
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr |
Eastern Front Collection 661 |
Ford M151 MUTT (RFF 199) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (88 KH 22)(Co |
4 Mechanised Brigade (Desert) |
Hillman Minx 10hp Staff Car (GND 50 |
M5A1 Half Track Conversion |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Trade Sta |
Eastern Front Collection 972 |
AEC 0853 Matador (LRF 463 B) |
Seddon Atkinson 401 4x2 Tractor (07 |
Bedford TK 4 Ton 4x2 Cargo (58 RN 4 |
Eastern Front Collection 1519 |
Leyland Martian 10Ton Heavy Recover |
CVN-76 USS Ronald Reagan 1 |
Eastern Front Collection 819 |