WWII Commandos Strike at Dawn Playset #2 - The Town

143 pieces -  54mm plastic toy soldiers and accessories (contents may vary slightly depending on availability)

A $413.80 value, you save 54% from retail cost
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Operation Archery - Taking the Town!

Like such big-screen adventures as "The Guns of Navarone," "The Heroes of Telemark," "Operation Burma," "The Devil's Brigade" and "Saving Private Ryan," this playset recreates a real-life WWII commando assault. In 1941, during England's darkest hours, Winston Churchill needed a victory to raise his people's spirits. Thus was created a secret raid on Nazi-occupied Norway, called "Operation Archery."

The Commandos landed on December 27, 1941, near the Norwegian towns of Maloy and Vagsoy, with the goal of destroying a number of factories which manufactured fish oil, used by the Germans to make nitroglycerine, cordite and tnt, as well as vitamins for their submarine crews. In a three-pronged attack, the British stormed the Nazi defenses and carried out a complex and well-coordinated operation.

The first attack (recreated in the first set) was against the town's southern defenses. The commandos disembarked from landing craft and fought their way ashore and engaged the defenders. Once these German were overcome, the British marched north to support the main attack.

The main assault (recreated in THIS set) was met by heavy fire from prepared positions. The commandos stormed these and eliminated the defenders before moving on to the town itself, where a long, hard-fought battle took place. The Nazis, it turned out, included a unit of elite German mountain troops, who fought with skill and determination. After hours of trying different attack strategies, the Commandos finally triumphed, destroying the factories, liberating many villagers and taking numerous prisoners.

The third part of the operation (our third playset) was aimed at the island of Vagsoy, just off the coast near Maloy where a coastal battery of heavy guns had been firing on the Commandos' escorts, a cruiser and 4 destroyers. After storming machine gun pillboxes, the British seized the gun positions and engaged the remaining defenders before destroying the island's fish oil factories and munitions dumps.

This is one of three different, but inter-connected, Toy Soldier Company WWII Commandos Strike at Dawn Playsets. Each set can stand on its own, but when combined with the other two sets from the same range the resulting collection creates a broad canvas upon which you and your kids can rewrite history! Please note that the contents of each set are almost entirely different from the others in the range.

The British:
14 Airfix British infantry
74-piece Airfix British Infantry Support Group (including 2 mortar teams, 2 machine gun teams, 2 bazooka teams and infantry support troops)

The Germans:
14 Airfix German Infantry clones
15 Matchbox German Mountain Troops in white color

Accessories:
2 BMC Houses
2 Fencibles Pillboxes
6 Marx Sandbag Redoubts
2 Form Tech Land Explosions (Our Exclusive)
1 BMC German Flag with flagpole and base (this replaces the CTS flag in the photo, which is no longer available)

playset box
Contents may vary

If purchased separately, the items in this playset would cost $413.80 Buy these goods as a playset saves you 54% off the retail cost.

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