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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Bedford RL 3 ton 4x4 Cargo (11 FG 0 |
Bedford RL 3Ton Home Office (SXF 30 |
Ford F30 30cwt GS (PFF 503) |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Ptarmigan Radio |
Gaz 69A 4x4 Field Car (LSU 344) |
Thornycroft Antar 60Ton Tractor (XS |
Chevrolet CGT Field Artillery Tract |
Star 266 6x6 Cargo (XKI 0504) 2 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton PIPS (43 HF 74) |
Eastern Front Collection 1302 |
Ward La France Model 1000 Series 2 |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (946 COR) |
Eastern Front Collection 964 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (BSJ 384) |
Scammell Crusader 6x4 Tractor (65 G |
Eastern Front Collection 573 |
AEC 0853 Matador (PFJ 849 M) |
Eastern Front Collection 135 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford M |
Scammell Commander Tractor (06 SP 0 |