Battle of Normandy Sainte-Mère-Eglise 6 June 1944

Nytt og flott sett fra Italeri av slagscenen Sainte-Mere-Eglise. Natt til 6. juni 1944 hoppet den kjente fallskjermhopperen John Steel og ble hengende i kirkespiret, såret av splinter mens kampene pågikk under ham. Sainte-Mere-Eglise var de første byen som ble frigjort fra Tysk okupasjon. Dette settet gjengir hele slaget rundt kirken. Settet er komplett med ca. 100 figurer, kjøretøy og kirken med John Steel hengende fra Spiret. Kirken er i laserkuttet treverk og trenger hvitlim for bygging.
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Within the overall strategic planning of the acclaimed operation "Overlord", the code name for the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy, the French village of Sainte-Mère-Église played a key role. On battle plan maps it was rightly identified as an important road junction that the defending Germans could have used to carry out rapid counter attacks directed towards the Utah and Omaha beacheads. It was therefore strategically imortant to attack and quickly occupy the village with American airborne troops to support the landings. In the early hours of June 6, 1944, paratroopers of the famous 82nd and 101st US Airborne Divisions secured the small French town following a period of intense fighting. The contribution made by the American paratroops has been widely recognised and celebrated in numerous movies from "The Longest Day" made in the 1960s, to the most recent "warmovies".