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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US 11 Airborne Division |
Eastern Front Collection 702 |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (FOT 988) |
Eastern Front Collection 1114 |
AEC 0859 Militant Mk1 10Ton Gun Tra |
Normandy 1944 Collection 289 |
Scammell Commander Tractor (52 KB 4 |
Bedford TK Aircraft Refueller (54 A |
Daimler Dingo Scout Car (KTU 97 N) |
AEC Coles L96404-5 7-10Ton Fully Sl |
Eastern Front Collection 372 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 692 |
Eastern Front Collection 279 |
Daimler Ferret Mk2 (00 EC 25) |
Seddon Atkinson 401 4x2 Tractor (07 |
M4 Sherman Flamethrower (1) |
Humber Snipe Heavy Utility (FER 263 |
Bedford QLT 3Ton Trooper (RPE 500 E |
Panzer IV Ausf F2 (2) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |