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 (JYD 287) |
RASC Course S/T, August 1951 |
Land Rover 110 Defender (97 KE 46) |
SAS (Special Air Service) Jeep |
Morris C8 15cwt GS (571 FUF) |
Eastern Front Collection 899 |
GMC 352 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (CSV 264) |
Seddon Atkinson Strato 380 Tractor |
M35A2 2.5Ton 6x6 Cargo (TFF 389) |
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Bedford RL Green Goddess (SYH 424)( |
Alvis Stalwart Amphibious Truck (07 |
US 2 Infantry Division (Indian Head |
Eastern Front Collection 990 |
Panzer IV in Russia |
Morris MRA1 1Ton GS (GY 28)(Grimsby |
Morris C4 15cwt GS (CSV 286) |
Bedford TK 4x2 Luton Van (53 AJ 28) |
Bedford TK 4 Ton 4x2 Cargo (37 GB 2 |
Dodge WC-63 Weapons Carrier 6x6 |