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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M5A1 Half Track (YSV 984) |
Patriot Missile Launcher |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |
Tracked Rapier (49 KB 20) 2 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 20 |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 (Q 474 CRF) |
Bedford OXC 4x2 Tractor (GXE 890) |
Krupp L2H143 6x4 Boxer Truck |
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr |
Normandy 1944 Collection 400 |
Bedford OXC 4x2 Tractor (GXE 890) |
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Dodge D15 15cwt GS (366 DEL) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Willys MB |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |
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Wartime in the Vale 2010, Hillman M |
US 24 Infantry Division (Victory) |
Bedford OXC 4x2 Tractor (RSU 164) |