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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Avro Vulcan (XM-607) |
Austin Champ (AUL 167 H) |
Eastern Front Collection 944 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 352 |
AEC 0853 Matador (WNT 232 Y) |
Dodge WC-52 Weapons Carrier |
Alvis Salamander Fire Crash Foam |
Diamond T 969 4Ton 6x6 Wrecker (VSV |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (78 KH 35) |
Eastern Front Collection 1553 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 339 |
Berlin May/June 1945 150 |
Foden 8x6 IMMLC Drops (42 KC 14) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, GMC 353 C |
Eastern Front Collection 1057 |
Universal Carrier I |
Challenger 1 Tank (79 KF 10) |
US 36 Corps |
DAF YA 126 1Ton 4x4 Ambulance (VSV |
Eastern Front Collection 89 |