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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Eastern Front Collection 998 |
Morris C8 15cwt GS (NSK 141) |
Leyland Daf 8x8 Drops (89 KH 32)(Co |
Diamond T 969 4Ton 6x6 Wrecker (Q 6 |
Eastern Front Collection 41 |
MAN-ERF HX18 6Ton 4x4 Cargo (HK 50 |
BSA M20 500cc (1943)(189 XUF) |
Berlin May/June 1945 227 |
Leyland Bison 10Ton 6x4 Cargo (41 A |
Leyland Daf 4Ton Cargo (22 KJ 58)(C |
Norman Yeomans by Humber Heavy Util |
Eastern Front Collection 1319 |
Leyland Hippo Mk2 10Ton GS (WSV 794 |
M4A1 Sherman with Flamethrower (2) |
Bedford OXD 30cwt GS (GMO 768) |
Ford M151 MUTT (MRD 683 J) |
Eastern Front Collection 947 |
Bedford TM 6x6 Cargo (42 KE 32)(Cop |
Commer Q2 30cwt 4x2 GS (WYJ 350) |
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford M |