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 590 |
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Eastern Front Collection 393 |
Austin 10hp Light Utility (ORE 89) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 434 |
Dodge WC-63 Weapons Carrier 6x6 (LV |
Dodge D15 15cwt Tipper (JS 7935) |
Thornycroft Antar 60Ton Tractor (12 |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (LGV 332) |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (35 KE 93) |
Scammell Commander Tractor (52 KB 7 |
Eastern Front Collection 1247 |
Avro Vulcan (XH-501) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 672 |
Morris C8 15cwt GS (EWD 808) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 809 |
Tiger II (1) |
US 37 Infantry Division (Buckeye) |
Bedford RL 3Ton Home Office (SXF 28 |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford M |