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 1425 |
M924 Primula |
2 Signals Brigade |
Crossley Fire Tender (RAF Cosford M |
Eastern Front Collection 606 |
Austin Champ (LFU 387 F) |
Eastern Front Collection 396 |
Land Rover 110 Defender (85 KE 43) |
Eastern Front Collection 92 |
Eastern Front Collection 1187 |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (246 XUM |
Normandy 1944 Collection 537 |
raf-pilot-and-friend |
Normandy 1944 Collection 895 |
US 9 Army Air Force |
Oshkosh 1070F 8x8 HET + King GTS100 |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (WSV 794 |
Eastern Front Collection 1528 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Hillman M |
Normandy 1944 Collection 2 |