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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Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (HSU 695) |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (YNJ 8) |
AEC 0853 Matador (SLT 154 F) |
Eastern Front Collection 203 |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
Eastern Front Collection 409 |
Eastern Front Collection 165 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 769 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (06 KH 02) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (32 KE 91) |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (OHR 665 H) |
Humber 1Ton Wireless (SPN 24 G) |
Eastern Front Collection 715 |
Eastern Front Collection 326 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 536 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 605 |
Leyland Daf 26 6x4 Refueller (15 AY |
US 20 Engineer Brigade (Subdued) |
Norman Yeomans with Austin K5 3Ton, |