D-DAY Operation Overlord 7Oth Anniversary Tuesday,6th June,1944 - Friday,6th June,2014.
D-DAY 70th ANNIVERSARY - MILITARY VEHICLES.
D-DAY Operation Overlord’s objective was to invade evil madman Hitler’s “Fortress Europe” and free Europe from Hitler and his evil ■■■■ regime.
The combined American,British and Canadian Allied Expeditionary Force Overlord Invasion of Normandy,France,the largest invasion in military history is well documented,including in Wikipedia:Here is an excerpt -
Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II. The operation commenced on Tuesday 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day). A 1,200-aeroplane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving over 5,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June, and more than three million allied troops were in France by the end of August.
TruckNetUK is about lorries-motor trucks in all their various forms,which of course includes fascinating military vehicles,and I think its a good idea
to portray the indispensable role that military vehicles had in the above superlative military operation,in the way of both historic and present-day
preservation era photographs.And its a fitting tribute to everything about D-Day Operation Overlord and all the people that were involved,and is also a fitting tribute to the Historic Military Vehicle Enthusiasts and to the man who led the way on military vehicle history and preservation,Bart H.Vanderveen.
It is impossible to do the above subjects full justice with a mere handful of photographs,out of the many thousands -or millions - that have been taken both in war time and peace time,but I do hope that the following photographs in this thread will be evocative of the subjects and do them some justice
D-DAY.The Overlord Embroidery,part of which depicts King George VI,General Eisenhower,Field Marshal Montgomery,Field Marshal Brooke & Winston Church visiting the invasion beaches.D-Day Museum,Portsmouth. 1:-
D-DAY.D-Day Operation Overlord,Omaha Beach,Normandy,France,an impressive panoramic photograph of the combined American,British and Canadian Allied Expeditionary Force Overlord Invasion,with loads of military vehicles:-
D-DAY OPERATION OVERLORD Map.The Allied Expeditionary Force landed on five beaches-,UTAH & OMAHA,Americans,SWORD & GOLD,British,JUNO,Canadians:-
D-DAY.Crawler-tracked cranes,and military freight motor trucks on board a freight ship on it’s way to Normandy,June 1944:-
D-DAY.A Churchill Tank coming to shore from a LST = Landing Ship Tank Freight Ship,on D-Day plus 1:-
D-DAY.GMC CCKW-353 Enclosed-cabbed 2.5-Ton Covered Fixedside-bodied 6x6 Freight Lorry,reversing on to a freight ship bound for Normandy at an English port,prior to D-Day:-
D-DAY.A convoy of American military lorries,including several GMC CCKW 2.5-Ton 6x6 General Service Freight Motor Trucks,moving off Omaha Beach and towards inland,a barrage balloon is overhead,in this evocative scene:-
D-DAY.An LST = Landing Ship Tank Freight Ship transports military freight motor trucks,jeeps and other motor vehicles to Normandy on D-Day.Note the curved white radar aerial in the foreground:-
D-DAY.Autocar M15A1 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage Half-Track being driven on to Omaha Beach,Normandy,France,D-Day or D-Day + whenever 1944:-
D-DAY.Ford GPW or Willys MB Quarter Ton 4x4 Jeep,loaded with everything - including the Kitchen Sink! :-
D-DAY.A line-up of Allis-Chalmers HD10W M1 Heavy Tracked Tractor-Bulldozers,G98,on the beach.This photograph, and three others are by Arthur Akers:-
D-DAY.Freight transfer points,Omaha Beach,Wednesday,19th July,1944,GMC DUKW-353 2.5-Ton 6x6 Amphibious Motor Trucks were re-loaded on other lorries and transported to supply and ammunition depots:-
D-DAY.Diamond T 980 and 981 M20 6x4 Ballast Road Locomotives,G159,pulling M9 Drawbar Trailers -M19 Tank Transporter combinations in convoy:-
D-DAY.Omaha Beach,June 1944,a Crawler-Tracked Crane loading supplies on to military freight lorries,including a GMC CCKW 6x6 and a GMC AFKWX COE 6x6:-
D-DAY.GMC AFKWX-353 Open COE 2.5-Ton Covered Fixedside-bodied 6x6 Freight Lorry,taken in part in D-Day celebrations in France:-
D-DAY.Military vehicles,including a GMC AFKWX-353 Open COE 2.5-Ton,Fixedside-bodied,6x6 Freight Lorry on the right,go ashore on a Mulberry Harbour Roadway next to Omaha Beach,Friday,16th June,1944:-
D-DAY.These military vehicles have just recently landed on this beach,and include a Chevrolet CMP C8A,CMP 4x4 HUP Lorry,Ward LaFrance or Kenworth M1A1 6x6 HRV,possibly a White or Corbitt 6-Ton 6x6 Freight Lorry and a bulldozer:-
D-DAY.GMC CCKW-353 Open-cabbed 2.5-Ton 6x6 Covered Fixedside-bodied Freight Lorry,PSK 493,with double front wheels for extra traction and safety:-
D-DAY.After D-Day,Normandy beaches virtually became freight distribution depots where vital supplies were off-loaded from ships and loaded on to military lorries which transported the freight to the fighting front and other places:-
D-DAY.Chevrolet CMP CGT,CMP No.13-cabbed 4x4 Field Artillery Tractor,CH1384404.AA.3.9. HVP 580,Ontario,Canada.1944:-
D-DAY.D-Day,Operation OVERLORD,Tuesday,6th June,1944,and a mass landing on Juno Beach,Normandy,of Canadian Army military vehicles,including Humber FWD and Ford CMP & Chevrolet CMP No.13 4x4 Lorries:-
D-DAY.Chevrolet CMP C60,CMP No.13-cabbed,3-Ton Covered Fixedside-bodied 4x4 General Service Freight Lorry,at Pont L’Eveque,circa 10 miles from Deauville,D-Day plus 4:-
D-DAY.Bedford QLR 3-Ton,Wireless House Boxvan-bodied,4x4 Radio Communications Lorry,L560114, DSV 847:-
D-DAY.Gliders were used,towed by military aeroplanes,to transport and land hundreds of airborne troops in Normandy.Some gliders also transported Jeeps and other light vehicles:-
D-DAY.GMC CCKW-353 F-3 Open-cabbed,2.5-Ton 6x6 Aeroplane Refueller Tanker Lorry,G508,and a GMC CCKW 6x6 Lorry,what could be another aeroplane refueller,on the beach after landing from the freight ship:-
D-DAY.GMC DUKW-353 2.5-Ton 6x6 Amphibious Lorry transporting General Eisenhower,General Marshall,Admiral King and other USA-British Combined Chiefs of Staff,visiting the Normandy beachhead on Wednesday,12th June,1944. 1:-
D-DAY.Humber F.W.D. 4x4 Heavy Utility Motorcar,RAF 35777,B’5,3, RBD 883. Austin K2 4x2 Ambulance in the background:-
D-DAY.A British Army Leyland Retriever 3-Ton 6x4 Bridging-bodied Lorry and Ford GPW or Willys MB 4x4 Jeep crossing over the British-held Pegasus Bridge on D-Day +1,Wedneday.7th June,1944:-
D-DAY.FORD WOA2 V8 4x2 HEAVY UTILITY MOTORCAR WW2 ALLIED MILITARY VEHICLE:-
D-DAY.GMC DUKW-353 2.5-Ton 6x6 Amphibious Lorry,with a WW2 reenactment group. D=1942 model year,U=amphibious-amphibian,K=all wheel drive,W=dual rear axles:-
D-DAY.Chevrolet CMP C8A,1C5,AMB-1,HUA,CMP No.13-cabbed,8-15 CWT 4x4 Heavy Utility Ambulance,Serial No.3884515552, CA4236751,169, 550 CPC.DOC-NEE-DORA.Built on Tuesday,14th September,1943,Contract LV1512 for the Canadian Army:-
D-DAY.Chevrolet CMP C8A,1C9,PUTR-2,HUP,CMP No.13-cabbed,8-15 CWT 4x4 Heavy Utility Personnel Lorry,Serial No.3844536858,HXU 734,JUMBO.1944. Overhead view:-
D-DAY.Chevrolet CMP C8A HUA,550 CPC and Chevrolet CMP C8A HUP,HXU 734 with their restorer and then owner,the late,great Bart Hartmannus Vanderveen:-
D-DAY.Chevrolet CMP C8A,1C9,PUTR-2,HUP,CMP No.13-cabbed,8-15 CWT 4x4 Heavy Utility Personnel Lorry,Serial No.3844536858,HXU 734,JUMBO.1944. NA3T:-
D-DAY.Chevrolet CMP C8A Heavy Utility 4x4 Lorry full front view,beautiful:-
D-DAY.Autocar-Diamond T-International-White Half Track,GMC CCKW 6x6 Freight Lorry and a Jeep and crews on Omaha Beach,rehersing the commemorations for the D-Day 70th Anniversary on Friday,6th June,2014:-
D-DAY.Pacific TR-1 M25 Dragon Wagon 6x6 Tractive Unit Tank Recovery-Transporter Motor Truck,G160,USA 545618,JUDY MACO:-
D-DAY.Historic World War Two Military Vehicle Street Parade in Isigny-Sur-Mer,France,2013,commemerating and celebrating D-Day.Sherman Tank:-
D-DAY.Ford CMP F60L ,CMP No.13-cabbed,3-Ton Covered Fixedside-bodied 4x4 Lorry,L 4999795:-
D-DAY.AEC Matador O853 MAT,Covered Fixedside-bodied,4x4 Medium Artillery Tractor,pulling a 3.7-Inch Gun through Caen,France,on Monday,7th August,1944:-
D-DAY.Historic World War Two Military Vehicle Street Parade in Isigny-Sur-Mer,France,2013,commemerating and celebrating D-Day. GMC CCKW and French Resistance:-
D-DAY.Ford CMP F15A GS,CMP No.13-cabbed,15 CWT,Covered Fixedside-bodied,4x4 General Service Lorry,Serial No.109943, 796 LGU. Built Wednesday,13th January,1943. FOV:-
D-DAY.Ford CMP F15A GS,CMP No.13-cabbed,15 CWT,Covered Fixedside-bodied,4x4 General Service Lorry,Serial No.109943, 796 LGU. Built Wednesday,13th January,1943. FFV shows the beautiful styling of the front end:-
D-DAY.Liberation of Paris,Celebratory Parade on the Champs Elysees,American tank crew,August 1944.This is what the D-Day Operation Overlord was all about- to free Western Europe from the evil Hitler-■■■■ regime. 4:-
D-DAY.Liberation of Paris,Celebratory Parade,Victory Crowds greet American soldiers,August 1944.This is what the D-Day Operation Overlord was all about- to free Western Europe from the evil Hitler-■■■■ regime. 2:-
D-DAY.A parade of historic World War Two Military Vehicles at a D-Day Festival,Bayeux-Bessin,France,2013:-
D-DAY.Above a hundred World War Two Era Military Vehicles,owned by Military Vehicles Trust members,que at Portsmouth’s ferry port for embarkation to Normandy,France,where the members will commemorate the D-Day 70th Anniversary:-
D-DAY.Liberation of Paris,An aeroplane flies over the Celebratory Parade on the Champs Elysees,August 1944:-
D-DAY.Liberation of Paris,Celebratory Parade on the Champs Elysees,August 1944:-
D-DAY.Liberation of Paris,the Americans in the Celebratory Parade on the Champs Elysees,Arc De Triomphe ,August 1944:-
D-DAY.Liberation of Paris,American military vehicles travel on the Champs Elysees,August 1944:-
D-DAY.The Kaye Family,of Mytton,near Shrewsbury,are celebrating-commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day in France with their two Scammell Pioneer’s,a R100 HAT and a SV2S HRV.They are members of the Military Vehicle Trust:-
D-DAY.Diamond T 980 M20 6x4 Ballast Road Locomotive & M9 Trailer,Corgi 55102 - Diamond T HRV-Wrecker,Corgi 55101,D-Day Operation Overlord 50th Anniversary Corgi Models,6th June 1944-6th June 1994:-
D-DAY.D-Day Festival,Procession of Military Vehicles,a beautiful Diamond T 969A 6x6 Wrecker-Heavy Recovery Vehicle:-
D-DAY.Scammell Pioneer TRMU,30 6x4 Tractive Unit-Tank Transporter,H4576041,55-18, DAS 952:-
D-DAY.Diamond T 980 M20 6x4 Ballast Road Locomotive,G159, 75 14, VFF 273:-
D-DAY Festival,Bayeux-Bessin,France,D-Day celebration revellers in fancy period dress dancing to the great World War Two era music:The Andrews Sisters,Glenn Miller,Tommy Dorsey,Artie Shaw,Harry James,etc:-
D-DAY.On Gold Beach at Arrowmanches,France,Sunday,7th June,2009,D-Day veterans,vehicle enthusiasts and the general public commemorating the 65th Anniversary of D-Day.WW2 military vehicles include an AEC Matador and several Jeeps:-
As it was then so it is now
VALKYRIE