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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AEC 0853 Matador (GSU 889) |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (GFO 261) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 428 |
D87 HMS Newcastle (Type 42 Class De |
Ford GPW Jeep (UAS 641) |
Berlin May/June 1945 19 |
Eastern Front Collection 1576 |
Land Rover S3 109 (AUR 173 M) |
Ford F15 15cwt GS (LHA 879 P) |
Eastern Front Collection 1536 |
Eastern Front Collection 65 |
Panzer IV L-70 SPG (2) |
Fox Armoured Car (01 GM 48) |
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr |
Eastern Front Collection 871 |
Panzer IV in Bovington Tank Museum |
20 Scammell SV1T Breakdown |
Alvis Saracen APC (30 BA 30) |
Ford F60S 3Ton Breakdown (JWE 529) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Willys MB |