Article number: 510106118
Product: 1:72 WWII Battle Set: Battle of Arras'40
The Battle of Arras took place in Arras, in northeastern France, and was
an Allied counter-attack against the German Army, an attempt of British
and French armies to stop the Wehrmacht advance toward the English
Channel. The division of the British "Frankforce" used two regiments of
Matilda tanks, heavily armored for those days, as backbone of the
offensive during the battle. However, the Allied offensive was shattered
against the determined resistance of the 7th Panzer Division, commanded
by General Erwin Rommel, which, despite the suffered losses, strongly
kept the position. Rommel, as German anti-tank guns were ineffective,
used field Artillery and "flak" guns to knock out the British tanks.
After the tactical defeat of Arras, the British troops retreated to the
English Channel an started up the code-named Operation Dynamo to evacuate French territories.
The box contains:
· 1x MDF House
· 1x MDF Shop
· 42x British Infantry
· 50x German Infantry
· 2x Matilda II tank
· 1x 8.8 cm Flak 37 AA Gun w/crew
· 1x Sd.Kfz.250/3
The box contains:
· 1x MDF House
· 1x MDF Shop
· 42x British Infantry
· 50x German Infantry
· 2x Matilda II tank
· 1x 8.8 cm Flak 37 AA Gun w/crew
· 1x Sd.Kfz.250/3
