The Box Contains :
Wrecked house
Walls and ruins
Battlefield accessories
German infantry : 24 numbers - Winter uniform
U.S. infantry : 36 figures - cold temperatures uniform
Sherman M4A3E2 Jumbo
Sherman M4A3 76mm
Pz. Kpfw. VI Tiger Ausf.
Pak 40 AT Gun with 6 crew figures
8.8 cm Flak 37 AA Gun
On December sixteenth, 1944 the German Army launched through thick Ardennes’ woodland ( in Belgium ) a
great offensive which had the rule name “ Wacht have always been Rhein” ( Operation guarding the Rhine ). With this operation town of Bastogne and its particular surroundings where encircled by the German troops. Inside the pocket around 15.000 United states soldiers stood up to the duplicated assaults of this German military for approximately ten days. The renowned resistance ended up being that the US 101st Airborne unit inside the city. On December 22nd the overall von Lüttwitz , who had been the German commander, submitted a demand for surrender towards encircled units. The Clear Answer of this American commander in Bastogne, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe ended up being “NUTS”. Then, Germans renew their assaults trying to occupy the city but without getting results. On December 26th some soldiers associated with General George Patton’s Third Army reached the besieged troops, breaking the siege and evacuating the wounded. The American Army lost more than 3.000 soldiers during this battle.
