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 1216 |
Striker CVRT on MoD Railway Wagon |
Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |
Austin Champ (71 BE 38) |
Eastern Front Collection 1478 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 772 |
Crusader (2) |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (MJK 474 L) |
Eastern Front Collection 744 |
Canadian 1 Corps |
Normandy 1944 Collection 560 |
Austin 10hp Light Utility (277 HPU) |
Ford F30 30cwt Ambulance (963 LGU) |
Polish 2 Corps |
Austin Champ (ORE 145 F)(83 BE 29) |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (VBP 179 N) |
MAN-ERF HX25 9Ton 6x6 Cargo (GD 47 |
Land Rover 90 Defender (63 KF 97) |
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Ward La France M1A1 Wrecker (VVS 28 |