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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Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (906 FVO) 2 |
Dodge WC-51 Weapons Carrier (JHW 59 |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS (640 UKK) |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (61 KE 64) |
Humber FWD 8cwt GS (VSV 892) |
US 2 Infantry Division (Indian Head |
AEC 0853 Matador (732 CJC) |
Austin K9 1 Ton GS (95 BG 97) |
Eastern Front Collection 85 |
Land Rover 110 Defender (37 KL 85) |
US 84 Infantry Division (Railsplitt |
Ford F30 30cwt LAA Tractor (JUO 51) |
Kaiser Jeep M725 Ambulance (US Junk |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Land Rove |
Eastern Front Collection 1431 |
Land Rover S2 88 (62 EL 62) |
Fox Armoured Car (10 FD 72) |
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Bedford QLD 3Ton (LPL 30 K) |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (AR 91 AA) |