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, Hotchkiss |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (RSY 536) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 3 |
Lincolnshire Regiment (Embroid) |
Bedford TM 4x4 Cargo (48 GT 65) |
Scammell Crusader 6x4 Tractor (22 G |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (CSV 319) |
Challenger 3 Tank (79 KF 03) Rear |
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Mack NM6 6Ton 6x6 Cargo (EAJ 110) |
Strumtiger (1) |
Norman Yeomans Austin K5 3Ton, Germ |
Eastern Front Collection 1513 |
Austin Gipsy LWB (CUW 491 C) |
Austin K9 1Ton GS (GSU 642) |
Leyland Bison 10Ton 6x4 Cargo (41 A |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (93 KA 70 |
Dodge WC-51 Weapons Carrier (HSJ 33 |
GMC AFKX 352-8G 1.5Ton 4x4 Ordnance |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Trailer, |