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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Leyland Retriever WLW3 3Ton 6x4 GS |
Bedford MWD 15cwt North West Europe |
Berlin May/June 1945 170 |
Dodge WC-56 Command Car (EUD 35) |
Ford WOT 2H 15cwt Radar (420 XUR) C |
Land Rover 110 Defender Mountain Re |
Seddon Atkinson 17.38 TC Strato Tra |
Bedford RL 3Ton Home Office (SXF 32 |
Standard 12hp Light Utility (Modifi |
Polikarpov I-16 Fighter (4) |
Eastern Front Collection 1477 |
Berlin May/June 1945 17 |
Austin Champ (RFF 979)(59 BE 69) |
US Army Convoy 1 |
Tracked Rapier (50 KB 96) |
Austin Champ (12 BE 53) |
Humber Heavy Utility (NHJ 751) |
US 224 Artillery Brigade |
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Willys MB Jeep (256 EYD) |