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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Eastern Front Collection 594 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 915 |
Borgward B2000A Heavy Field Car (31 |
Eastern Front Collection 1028 |
Mercedes Benz LG3000 Radio Truck (W |
Austin Champ (ORE 145 F)(83 BE 29)( |
Eastern Front Collection 2 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 909 |
AEC 0853 Matador (VAR 460 E) |
Eastern Front Collection 1163 |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (ESU 399) 2 |
D96 HMS Gloucester (Type 42 Class D |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (42 KE 32)(Cop |
Eastern Front Collection 1138 |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (AN 05 AA) |
Berlin May/June 1945 94 |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (39 KE 10) |
Humber Snipe Heavy Utility (FSV 434 |
AEC 0853 Matador (65 WPA) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, US arines |