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, Austin Ch |
Thornycroft TFA B81 Nubian Gloster |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (805 FUF) |
Eastern Front Collection 937 |
Commer Q4 3Ton Home Office (RYX 419 |
Eastern Front Collection 168 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Austin K9 |
Ford M-20 Armored Car (CSV 427) |
Daimler Mk1 Armoured Car (SBD 232 M |
Bedford TK Aircraft Refueller (54 A |
Normandy 1944 Collection 112 |
Eastern Front Collection 721 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (NSU 490) |
Eastern Front Collection 400 |
Land Rover S3 Lightweight (EAH 863) |
Land Rover 90 Defender (74 KF 53) |
Eastern Front Collection 60 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (TYJ 376) |
JCB Rough Terrain Tractor (26 KE 59 |
Bedford QLR 3Ton Radio (SSY 349) |