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 (GDO 181 E) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, M813A1 5T |
Normandy 1944 Collection 117 |
P292 HMS Charger (Archer Class Navy |
Panther (3) |
Eastern Front Collection 1292 |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (64 YY 6 |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (RVS 433) |
Thornycroft Antar (12 DM 70) rear |
Eastern Front Collection 361 |
Dodge M43 Ambulance (XSU 815) |
Royal Dragoon Guards |
Thornycroft Antar 60Ton Tractor (PS |
Eastern Front Collection 1338 |
Diamond T 980 M20 Prime Mover (GGF |
AEC 0853 Matador (DUT 430) |
Leyland Retriever WLW3 6x4 Coles Cr |
US 1 Infantry Division (The Big Red |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (KE 33) |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (80 KD 36) |