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BEF support groupThe British Expeditionary Force was an army of nearly a third of a million troops sent out to France to try to resist aggression from Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. Allied with Belgium and powerful French forces, it fielded ten infantry divisions, artillery, tank brigades...
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Belgian Army support groupThe initial Belgian defence proved the mettle of the Belgian Army, but they struggled to match the evolving tactics of the ever encroaching Wehrmacht in the early stages of the war. Led by well educated and dependable officers, with proven support weapons in the...
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British Army support groupThe British Tommy faced his Axis adversaries throughout the war with tenacity, bravery and his legendary love of a 'brew'. After years of fighting in North Africa and the Far East the British Army set foot back in Europe with the invasion of Sicily...
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Commandos support groupThis set contains: 1 x Commando HQ 1 x Forward observer 1 x Commando Medium Machine Gun Team 1 x Commando Medium Mortar Team HQ The middle ranks of officers were almost invariably drawn from the upper-middle classes: educated in the public schools, instilled...
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Fallschirmjager support groupSuffering heavy casualties in the assault on Crete during Operation Mercury, Adolf Hitler forbade German airborne troops from further airdrops. The Fallschirmjager instead acted as elite infantry serving in all theatres in which Germany fought. Supported by two weapons with a high rate of...
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French Army support groupThe French army started World War II as the most powerful army in the world. Well-equipped, with excellent tanks and artillery, the infantry divisions were numerous and confident of fighting off the hated Boche as they had twenty two years before. This was not...
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US Airborne support group (1944-45)Re-equipped with the new M43 uniform following the D-Day landings the US Airborne were ready to tack some of their greatest challenges of the war - Operation Market Garden and the Ardennes Offensive. Airborne units relied heavily on the support weaponry they could take...
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Waffen-SS support groupThe armed wing of the Nazi Party, the extremely well-equipped Waffern-SS were rightly feared by their opponents - both for their fighting ability and uncompromising ferocity. Supported by two weapons with a high rate of fire - the deadly MG42 medium machine gun (nicknamed...
