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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Chevrolet C60S 3Ton Breakdown (WSU |
Ford GPW Jeep (439 XUN)(Courtesy of |
US Allied Forces HQ |
Warrior APC (35 KG 57) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 315 |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (36 KE 56)(Cop |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (90 KH 73) |
Lancer Boss Side Loader (17 AP 94) |
Eastern Front Collection 1076 |
Thornycroft Antar 60Ton Tractor (XS |
DAF YA 126 1Ton 4x4 Ambulance (VSV |
Eastern Front Collection 1274 |
Seddon Atkinson 401 4x2 Tractor (03 |
Thornycroft Nubian Light Mobile Dig |
Bedford RL Green Goddess (NYV 691) |
Staffordshire Regt Museum - Capture |
Dodge WC-52 Weapons Carrier (DSK 77 |
Berlin May/June 1945 158 |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (FSU 658) 3 |