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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Normandy 1944 Collection 320 |
Fordson ET6 Thames Sussex 3Ton 6x4 |
Daimler Ferret Armoured Car (Mk1-2 |
Eastern Front Collection 1220 |
Private on Leave with His Dog |
Eastern Front Collection 244 |
AEC 0853 Matador (WPX 925 F) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (77 KH 79) |
Eastern Front Collection 1124 |
Striker CVRT (07 FF 88) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 78 |
Foden 6x4 Low Mobility Tanker (10 H |
AEC 0853 Matador (KSU 934) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 46 |
Oshkosh Close Support Tanker (DG 13 |
Eastern Front Collection 54 |
M10 Tank Destroyer (3) |
US 89 Infantry Division (Middle Wes |
AEC 0853 Matador (YOO 696 J) 2 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Ford GPW |