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 Pig 1 Ton Armoured Car (RSY |
AEC 0860 Militant Mk1 10Ton Cargo ( |
AEC Mercury 4x2 Tractor (71 AN 45) |
GMC 352 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (PSU 769) 2 |
Austin K2 Ambulance (RRX 660 F) |
Land Rover 127 Ambulance (10 KK 09) |
Panzer III Ausf L (2) |
2 Mercian (Worcesters and Foresters |
Land Rover S3 109 Piglet (84 KB 15) |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (UKA 194) |
Bedford QLT 3Ton Trooper (RPE 500 E |
Eastern Front Collection 548 |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (JSU 166) |
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Eastern Front Collection 739 |
AEC 0853 Matador (PSU 893) |
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GKN Alvis Simba Armoured Car (F 447 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford O |