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These would be either part of the 101st Airborne Division “Screaming Eagles”, 6,928 men of which jumped in the first wave or the 82nd Airborne Division’s 6,420 troops that dropped in the second wave. The US troops in the set depict a US Parachute Rifle Platoon. Then if the actual start time and date has to be changed, as was the case with Operation Neptune because of bad weather, you don’t have to change all the planning documents. The more commonly used term D-Day comes from the fact that all operations start at H-Hour on D-Day and planning can be made for events that must happen say 2 Hours before the start at H-2 or 3 Days before at D-3 and subsequent targets say 3 Days after at D+3. The landings of the Allied forces in Normandy on the 6th June 1944 was known as Operation Neptune. It should, more realistically, be called “Hit the Landing Zones Somewhat Behind the Beach” but I guess that wouldn’t fit on the box! Band Of Brothers The US troops are paratroopers which landed behind the enemy lines to cut off the German reinforcements trying to dislodge the main forces landing on the beaches.

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In line with other sets in this series whilst the individual models are historically accurate their relevance to the box titlle is less so. Oh, and this set actually has a terrain piece with it, though, sadly, it is somewhat irrelevant. Unusually, for these starter sets, it also contains a decent amount of infantry to complement the large number of tanks.

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It contains a wealth of well made and accurate, 15mm, late WW II models plus the rules, unit cards and dice to enable you to play Flames of War battles. Veteran M4 Sherman (76mm) Tank Platoon- 16 ptsįlames of War: Hit the Beach Army Set is another in the series of excellent starter sets from Battlefront Miniatures. Veteran M4 Sherman Tank Platoon- 13 pts Veteran M4 Sherman Tank Company HQ- 9 pts The units in Hit the Beach are organised as one American and one German Force: One plastic V1 Flying Bomb terrain feature.

Two Plastic 7.5cm Anti-tank guns and Crew.

Two Panzergrenadier platoons (58 figures).

One Parachute Rifle Platoon (52 figures).

‘Bazooka! Bazooka, now!’ Even as the din swallows your shouting, you see a trooper levelling his rocket launcher at the great beast’s tracks.

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As the echo of the blast dies away, the crack of rifle fire breaks out, and an ominous clanking and rumbling… Suddenly, out of the flames roars a Tiger tank! Leaping from your trench you run forwards. Looking around, your entire position resembles a cauldron of fire-every roof ablaze, black smoke billowing into the night sky. With a thunderous crash another shell smashes into the wall above you, showering your trench with rubble.

Flames of war hit the beach