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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Fox Armoured Car (09 FD 89) |
Dennis F8 Fire Tender (46 RN 53) |
Eastern Front Collection 1185 |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Rapier Support (09 |
GMC 353 CCKW 6x6 Maintenance (TYJ 8 |
Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |
Seddon Atkinson Strato 380 Tractor |
Eastern Front Collection 1423 |
Soldier Taking a Cigarette Break |
145 (Home Counties) Brigade |
Leyland Daf 4Ton PIPS (54 KK 65) |
Staffordshire Regt Museum - Ford T1 |
Bedford MWD 15cwt GS (MJK 370) |
Eastern Front Collection 59 |
GMC 353 DUKW 6x6 Cargo (MYY 486 P) |
Eastern Front Collection 1064 |
Austin K9 1 Ton Wireless (Q 202 JKO |
Morris MRA1 1Ton GS (XMV 380 S) |
Land Rover Defender 110(64 KJ 56)(1 |
D95 HMS Manchester (Type 42 Class D |