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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Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (34 KE 82) |
Bedford RL Green Goddess (NYV 727) |
Eastern Front Collection 1506 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 197 |
M4 Sherman Firefly (2) |
Austin K6 3Ton 6x4 (KMO 491) |
Eastern Front Collection 534 |
US 8 Army Air Force |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Austin Ch |
Eastern Front Collection 474 |
Willys MB Jeep (RFO 647) |
Austin Champ (874 UXJ) |
Eastern Front Collection 425 |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
Land Rover 101 GS (UFK 691 R) |
Seddon Atkinson Strato 380 Tractor |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (00 FH 51) |
Bedford OYD 3Ton GS (9143 BP)2 |
Vauxhall Victor FB Staff Car (9122 |
Grenadier Guards on Exercise, Germa |