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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Humber 1Ton Wireless (SPN 24 G) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |
REME Unit, with Scammell & Bed |
AEC 0853 Matador (DPY 873) |
Ford GPW Jeep (VFF 349)(Courtesy of |
Petlyakov Pe-2 Light Bomber |
Bedford QLD 3Ton House Body (RSU 63 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (LNO 196) |
Eastern Front Collection 1254 |
Humber Heavy Utility Conversion (MM |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Austin Ch |
Eastern Front Collection 378 |
Daimler Ferret Armoured Car Mk1-1 ( |
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (35 KE 13) |
Eastern Front Collection 543 |
Eastern Front Collection 407 |
Hotchkiss M201 Jeep (632 XUW) |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (40 KE 66) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Dodge WC- |
Eastern Front Collection 157 |