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, Simca Mar |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton PIPS (17 GT 34) |
Eastern Front Collection 1420 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 841 |
Austin Champ (DFP 484) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 617 |
Leyland Martian 10Ton Heavy Recover |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (WFU 706) |
Wolverhampton Bantock House 1940\ |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Dodge WC- |
Chieftain Tank (03 EB 30) on traile |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (08 GX 88 |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (BYC 916 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 583 |
Eastern Front Collection 453 |
Land Rover S3 109 (48 FH 41) 2 |
Austin 10hp Light Utility (ORE 89) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Dump Truck (GSK 69 |
Eastern Front Collection 683 |