 Valiant
Miniatures
HOBBY KIT
9819
BATTLE OF THE BULGE (CAPTURE SCENE), 1944
(Retail US$31.49)
On December 16, 1944 the
Germans launched their surprise offensive in the
Ardennes and sent the weakened American units
holding the area reeling back in confusion. Caught
in an exposed position on the Schnee Eiffel, the
untried 106th Division was quickly cut off and
forced to surrender; some 14,000 American soldiers
were marched off into captivity in the largest mass
surrender of American troops since
Bataan.
By the end of December,
barely two weeks later, the situation had changed.
The German offensive literally ran out of gas, and
the tide began to turn. American planes once more
took to the skies and Patton's Third Army suddenly
arrived from the south. The poorly equipped
Volksgrenadier Divisions began to crumble, and it
was soon the Germans who were surrendering in
droves, throwing away their weapons and stumbling
into the American lines with their hands held
high.
(THE
UNUSUAL FEATURE OF THIS KIT IS THAT IT IS
REVERSIBLE. IT IS REALLY TWO VIGNETTES IN ONE, IN
THAT IT CAN BE ASSEMBLED TO REPRESENT EITHER THE
EARLY OR THE LATE STAGES OF THE BATTLE OF THE
BULGE.)
These are unpainted
and unassembled metal hobby kits.
Unless otherwise noted, these kits are in the
International 54mm
Collectors Scale. Standing figurines are approx.
2-1/2" - 3" tall.
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