ITALERI
556068
- Scale 1:72
German elite troops
On 16th December 1944, the German forces moved
through the forests of the Ardennes, in Belgium, to attach the First U.S. Army.
This was the Wehrmacht's last offensive on the western front before the final
surrender in 1945. The “Wacht am Rhein” plan envisaged, on the part of General
Von Rundstedt, the use of many elite units of Wehrmacht and of Waffen SS. The
climax of the offensive was the siege of Bastogne, on December 21st, 1944. The
town was defended by the 101st Airborne Division. The models in this kit are
equipped with the innovative Sturmgewehr 44 which can be considered the
precursor of today's assault rifles.
War Games Approved
Period: Second World War
Skill: 1
Model Dim.: 48 cm