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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F79 HMS Portland (Type 23 Duke Clas |
Scammell SV1T Breakdown (PSU 187) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford M |
Normandy 1944 Collection 523 |
Autocar U-7144T 5Ton 4x4 Tractor |
Eastern Front Collection 294 |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (GSU 527) |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (EFP 508 |
Challenger 3 Tank (79 KF 03) Rear |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (AN 36 AA)(C |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Dump Truck (WAS 81 |
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Eastern Front Collection 177 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (84 KH 24)(Co |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Maintenance (BSK 2 |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (Q 818 PW |
Eastern Front Collection 455 |
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |