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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Wartime in the Vale 2010, Daimler D |
US 103 Support Brigade |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (77 KD 65) |
Eastern Front Collection 1444 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 187 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 740 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 613 |
Humber Pullman Staff Car (DJC 423) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 760 |
Eastern Front Collection 1181 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (83 KH 51)(Co |
Suzuki MG410 (GVA 059)(Malta) |
Daimler Mk1 Armoured Car (SBD 232 M |
Eastern Front Collection 1348 |
Ford Iveco 3828 4x2 Tractor (46 RN |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (28 KJ 00)(C |
Eastern Front Collection 304 |
Eastern Front Collection 409 |
Land Rover S3 109 (LFM 110 N) |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (130 AYC |