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, Ford WOT2 |
Royal Horse Guards (Embroid) |
Ford GPW Jeep (748 XUK) |
Daimler Mk1 Armoured Car (SBD 232 M |
Chevrolet C15 15cwt GS (FSU 640) |
Albion FT103N Clansman 6x4 Tanker ( |
Eastern Front Collection 1177 |
AEC Major 4x2 Mobile Radiographic U |
Jet Provost T3 (XR-662) Boulton |
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Panzer III in North Africa |
GMC 352 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (CUY 126 W) |
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Austin K2 Fire Tender (GLC 891) |
Ford WOA1 Staff Car |
Scimitar CVRT Tank (06 FD 18) |
Eastern Front Collection 1464 |
Dodge WC-51 Weapons Carrier (WFF 73 |
Soldiers in Desert with Chevy 15cwt |