Description

Years of planning culminate in The Longest Day, the long-awaited invasion begins with the assault on the beaches of Normandy; D-Day 6th June 1944…

The longest day

Normandy, 6 June 1944. The Allies undertake the largest and most ambitious amphibious landings in history to return the fight to western Europe.

Re-create the turning point of the war, that allowed the Allies to gain a foothold in Europe and which was to set the stage for the Axis downfall.

This set contains:

• 2x LCVP landing craft
• 1x AT/Flak bunker
• 1x Coastal Defence bunker
• 2x German Pak 40 ATG (for inside the bunkers)
• Craters/shell holes
• 1x Duplex Drive Sherman with lowered screens
• 32x plastic US Infantry
• 16x plastic German Grenadiers
• 2x MG 42 MMG teams
• 4x US Army casualties
• 2x US Engineers carrying Bangalore torpedoes
• 2x MMG sandbag emplacements
• Set of battlefield accessories
• 2m of barbed wire

Models supplied unassembled and unpainted