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 |
M8 Armored Car (1) |
arial-350cc-320-uxa-rear |
Bedford RL 3Ton Home Office (SXF 29 |
Austin Champ (USK 814) |
FV432 APC (10 EA 73) |
AEC 0859 Militant Mk1 10Ton Gun Tra |
F239 HMS Richmond (Type 23 Duke Cla |
Seddon Atkinson Strato 380 Tractor |
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (06 KL 02) |
Eastern Front Collection 510 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (YDD 628 S) |
Bedford OL 3Ton 4x2 Cargo (MDF 475 |
Bedford RL 3Ton Home Office (SXF 30 |
Eastern Front Collection 1543 |
Berlin May/June 1945 146 |
East Lancs Trio |
Ford WOT 2H 15cwt GS (SSU 728) |
Dodge WC-52 Weapons Carrier |