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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Austin K2 2Ton GS (SSV 293) |
Eastern Front Collection 210 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Willys MB |
International Loadster F1800 9Ton 6 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford WOT2 |
Eastern Front Collection 132 |
Eastern Front Collection 597 |
Chieftain Tank Mk6 AVLB (02 EB 18)T |
Dodge D15 15cwt GS (7259 PP) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 487 |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (33 KE 28) |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (53 YY 1 |
DAF YA 314 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (DXF 314) |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
Bedford TK 4x2 Luton Van (66 KC 27) |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (93 KB 92) |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (BXA 126) |
US 28 Infantry Division (Keystone) |
Austin Gipsy LWB (CYY 273 C) |
North Somerset Yeomanry 44 RTR (Emb |