Description: Menu Home About Us Returns Contact Us View Feedback Add to Favourites Italeri 6199 - Battle of Normandy Sainte-Mere-Eglise - 1/72 Scale Plastic Kit Main Description Italeri 6199 - Battle of Normandy Sainte-Mere-Eglise - 1/72 Scale Plastic KitGLUE & PAINTS NOT INCLUDEDWithin 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 beachheads.It was therefore strategically important 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 Para troops has been widely recognised and celebrated in numerous movies from "The Longest Day" made in the 1960s, to the most recent "war movies". made with love byjarilodesign jarilodesign Italeri 6199 - Battle of Normandy Sainte-Mere-Eglise - 1/72 Scale Plastic KitGLUE & PAINTS NOT INCLUDEDWithin 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 beachheads.It was therefore strategically important 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 inte
Price: 86.72 USD
Location: Halifax
End Time: 2024-09-17T16:39:27.000Z
Shipping Cost: 65.14 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 60 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Scale: 1:72
EAN: 8001283061995
MPN: 6199
Brand: Italeri
Material: Plastic
Assembly Status: Unassembled Kit
Theme: Militaria
Type: Battle of Normandy Sainte-Mere-Eglise
Age Level: 14+
