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, Ford GPW |
Eastern Front Collection 788 |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Wrecker (35 CL |
Marder I SPG in Russian Mud |
Eastern Front Collection 525 |
Eastern Front Collection 1286 |
Dodge WC-54 Ambulance (7662 TU) |
Avro Vulcan (XH-560) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 72 |
Land Rover 127 Ambulance (10 KJ 67) |
Willys MB Jeep (EJW 816) |
Bedford QLD 3Ton GS |
Berlin May/June 1945 201 |
Austin 10hp Light Utility (ORE 89) |
Eastern Front Collection 935 |
Eastern Front Collection 90 |
Eastern Front Collection 248 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 550 |
Valentine Tank |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford O |