The container Contains :
Wrecked house
Walls and ruins
Battlefield accessories
German infantry : 24 numbers - Winter uniform
U.S. infantry : 36 figures - winter uniform
Sherman M4A3E2 Jumbo
Sherman M4A3 76mm
Pz. Kpfw. VI Tiger Ausf.
Pak 40 AT Gun with 6 team figures
8.8 cm Flak 37 AA Gun
On December sixteenth, 1944 the German Army established through dense Ardennes’ woodland ( in Belgium ) a
great offensive which had the code title “ Wacht am Rhein” ( Operation guarding the Rhine ). Using this procedure the town of Bastogne and its surroundings in which encircled by the German troops. Inside pocket around 15.000 United states soldiers stood as much as the repeated assaults associated with the German military for approximately ten times. The famous opposition was your united states of america 101st Airborne division inside the city. On December 22nd the entire von Lüttwitz , who had been the German commander, submitted a demand for surrender towards the encircled devices. The Perfect Solution Is from the United States Of America commander in Bastogne, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe was “NUTS”. Then, Germans renew their assaults attempting to occupy the city but without getting results. On December 26th some soldiers the General George Patton’s Third Army reached the besieged troops, breaking the siege and evacuating the wounded. The United states Army lost above 3.000 soldiers during this battle.
