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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Eastern Front Collection 934 |
Dodge WC-54 Ambulance (Q 148 JKO) |
Eastern Front Collection 1381 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 188 |
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Normandy 1944 Collection 23 |
Eastern Front Collection 1172 |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (10 KH 97) |
Austin K2 Ambulance |
US 84 Infantry Division (Railsplitt |
AEC 0870 Militant Mk3 10Ton Recover |
DAF YA 328 3Ton Artillery Tractor ( |
Avro Vulcan (XM-651) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 78 |
Bedford Rl Green Goddess (SYH 102) |
Thornycroft Antar 60Ton Tractor (xx |
Eastern Front Collection 1089 |
Mercedes Benz Unimog S404 4x4 Radio |
Austin K2 Fire Tender (GLC 891) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Austin 10 |