The container 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 team figures
8.8 cm Flak 37 AA Gun
On December sixteenth, 1944 the German Army established through thick Ardennes’ woodland ( in Belgium ) a
great offensive which had the code name “ Wacht am Rhein” ( Operation guarding the Rhine ). With this procedure the town of Bastogne and its surroundings where encircled by the German troops. In the pocket around 15.000 United states soldiers stood up to the repeated assaults associated with the German army for about ten times. The famous opposition was that the united states 101st Airborne division within the town. On December 22nd the overall von Lüttwitz , who was the German commander, submitted a demand for surrender towards the encircled units. The Solution associated with the United States commander in Bastogne, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe had been “NUTS”. Then, Germans renew their assaults attempting to occupy the city but without getting results. On December 26th some soldiers for the General George Patton’s Third Army reached the besieged troops, breaking the siege and evacuating the wounded. The American Army lost above 3.000 soldiers during this battle.
