Following on is Volume 2 showing the next 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, Dodge WC- |
Foden 8x6 IMMLC Drops (42 KC 13) |
Eastern Front Collection 611 |
Canadian 1 Corps |
Eastern Front Collection 1321 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 373 |
Thornycroft Amazon WF swb Coles Mk7 |
VW Type 166 Schwimmwagen (WH-164769 |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (76 KH 50) |
Normandy 1944 Collection 277 |
Normandy 1944 Collection 533 |
Eastern Front Collection 445 |
Foden 16Ton 8x4 Low Mobility Truck |
M3A1 Stuart (2) |
Austin K5 3Ton GS (PPM 319) |
M26 Pershing (1) |
Bedford MJ 4 Ton Cargo (95 KG 42) |
Austin Champ (874 UXJ) |
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep (BFO 229) |
Bedford RL 3Ton 4x4 Cargo (BYC 916 |