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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Seddon Atkinson 401 4x2 Tractor (07 |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Office (11 FG 7 |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |
Row of Field Cars in Field |
Staffordshire Regt Museum - Womnat |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (32 KE 91) |
AEC 854 Matador 5Ton 6x6 (YSV 559) |
SAS (Special Air Service) Jeep |
Eastern Front Collection 308 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 115 |
GMC 353 DUKW 6x6 Cargo (DPX 699 L) |
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17 Dodge WC-54 Ambulance |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (40 KE 17) |
Leyland Martian 10Ton Heavy Recover |
Western Command (Embroid) |
M3 Lee (7) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford GPW |