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, Austin Ch |
Chieftain Tank Mk2 (01 EB 49) |
Austin K6 3Ton Breakdown Gantry (GS |
Austin Champ (KVS 406) |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Ptarmigan Radio (0 |
Diamond T 969 4Ton 6x6 Wrecker |
Normandy 1944 Collection 821 |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (35 BR 74 |
Eastern Front Collection 1298 |
Bedford OXD 30cwt GS (WFX 299) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 757 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 349 |
Scammell Commander Tractor (52 KB 8 |
Ford GPW Jeep |
Fred in Holland, 28 October 1944 |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (28 KJ 71) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 670 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 465 |
David Brown Tractor RAF (1:76 scale |
Eastern Front Collection 1402 |