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French Resistance Support GroupGermany's occupation of France was resisted by the Maquis - the famous French Resistance. Led by ex-officers or charismatic local leaders, these brave men and women fought desperate guerilla actions which were pivotal in disrupting German forces during the Battle for Normandy. The members...
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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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Soviet Anti-tank TeamsThe armies of the Soviet Union had many weapons at their disposal to counteract the threat of German armoured formations - from orthodox anti-tank rifles, oddball 'Molotov Cocktail' throwers and the unconventional use of dogs as living anti-tank mines. Whilst most nations were finding...
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Soviet Army (Winter) Support GroupThis set contains: 1 x Soviet HQ (Winter) 1 x SovietMAxim MMG Team (Winter) 1 x Soviet 82mm Medium Mortar Team (Winter) Soviet Army (Winter) HQ Like the soldiers they commanded, many Soviet officers were inexperienced and lacked training at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Stalin's...
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Soviet Army support groupThis set contains: 1 x Soviet HQ 1 x Soviet Medium Machine Gun Team 1 x Soviet Medium Mortar Team Soviet HQ Like the soldiers they commanded, many Soviet officers were inexperienced and lacked training at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Stalin’s...
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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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British Airborne support groupThis set contains: 1 x British Airborne HQ 1 x Field Medic 1 x British Airborne Medium Machine Gun Team 1 x British Airborne Medium Mortar Team HQ The middle ranks of officers were almost invariably drawn from the upper-middle classes: educated in the...
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8th Army support groupThis set contains: 1 x British 8th Army HQ 1 x British 8th Army Machine Gun Team 1 x British 8th Army Medium Mortar British 8th Army HQ The middle ranks of officers were almost invariably drawn from the upper-middle classes: educated in the...
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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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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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Oddball HeroesRarely, if ever, have the words ‘war’ and ‘comedy’ somehow been so successfully combined as in MGM’s 1970 classic movie ‘Kelly’s Heroes’. However, the movie which was originally entitled ‘The Warriors’ underwent a major transformation process from its inception to its release, including the...
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USMC Support GroupFew fighting forces rival the hard-won reputation of the US Marine Corps. Showing their mettle during the island-hopping campaigns in the Pacific, and then to pushing the enemy back to their homeland, the US Marine had few equals in WWII. Facing the deadly combination...
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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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US Airborne support group (1943-44)This set contains: 1 x US Airborne HQ 1 x US Airborne Medium Machine Gun Team 1 x US Airborne Medium Mortar Team HQ American forces started the war with no experience of combat and often with minimal training. Once exposed to the realities...
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US Army (Winter) Support GroupAlthough caught unawares and ill-equipped by Hitler’s last gamble in the West – the Battle of the Bulge – embattled US troops won through whilst staving off the twin foes of the German offensive and the harsh winter conditions. Clad in greatcoats, Mackinaw jackets...
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US Army support groupThis set contains: 1 x US Army HQ 1 x US Army Medium Machine Gun Team 1 x US Army Medium Mortar Team HQ American forces started the war with no experience of combat and often with minimal training. Once exposed to the realities...
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M24 Chaffee, US light tankInitially produced as a replacement for the M3/M5 Stuart light tanks, the armour of the M24 was purposely kept light, with a glacis plate only 25mm thick (although its heavy slope increased its effectiveness). A vastly upgraded lightweight 75mm gun (compared to the 37mm...
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M21 Mortar Carrier Half-trackBringing support fire to your mobile forces with the M21 Mortar carrier, ideal for winkling out those dug in infantry! By the middle of the war the US Army could field legions of tanks and support vehicles, backed by the industrial might of the USA....
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Soviet BT-7 fast tankThe Soviet army of World War II was not short of fast cavalry tanks. The BT-7 was built in the thousands and used in early battles against the Japanese and later the invading Germans. Capable of an impressive 44mph on roads and over 30mph...
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Panzer II Ausf. A/B/CThe Panzer II (also known as Panzerkampfwagen II), was a light tank that saw action at the start of and throughout the war and an almost all battlefields. It was produced with many variants, but most were armed with a 20mm KwK 30 L55....
