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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Dodge WC-52 Weapons Carrier |
AEC 0860 Militant Mk1 10Ton Cargo ( |
Eastern Front Collection 1152 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford M |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Wrecker (Q 347 |
Eastern Front Collection 696 |
Scammell Crusader EKA Recovery (66 |
Eastern Front Collection 812 |
Bedford QLT 3Ton Trooper (URD 772) |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (DXJ 169)(U |
Willys MB Jeep (559 UXW)(Courtesy o |
Land Rover S1 80 (46 ZC 65) |
Berlin May/June 1945 17 |
Saurer 2DM 4x4 Cargo (M 59112) |
VW Type 166 Schwimmwagen (1413 NK) |
Daimler Ferret Armoured Car Mk2 (VV |
Austin Champ (VAS 530)(56 BE 97) |
Austin K2 Ambulance (JMW 106) |
Bedford TL 4x2 Tractor (95 KD 46) |