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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Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (NSU 454) |
Eastern Front Collection 224 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 251 |
GMC 353 DUKW 6x6 Cargo (GHO 44 N) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, M816 5Ton |
Eastern Front Collection 846 |
Studebaker US6x4-U7 6x4 Cargo (VDX |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (83 KD 47) |
Grenadier Guards on Exercise, Germa |
Austin K2 Ambulance (UVS 647) |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (YMR 58) |
Eastern Front Collection 212 |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (LGV 571)2 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep |
Berlin May/June 1945 131 |
Eastern Front Collection 420 |
Eastern Front Collection 627 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton PIPS (26 GF 95) |
1 Mechanised Brigade |
Land Rover S2 109 SAS (10 FG 75) 2 |