WWII D-Day Playset - Hit the Beach. 192 pieces - 54mm plastic toy soldiers and accessories. (contents may vary slightly depending on availability). Storm the Beach in our D-Day Invasion Playset! The greatest invasion the world has ever seen took place on June 6, 1944, when the Allies landed on the Normandy peninsula of France.
The Germans, despite years fortifying the coast, were not sufficiently prepared to throw the Allies back into the sea. Their commander, the vaunted "Desert Fox, " Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, was even unable to get the German high command to allow him to use his own plans for defense. Nevertheless, the Nazis fought tenaciously, holding up the allied forces on some beaches for a day as they poured continuous machine gun and artillery fire into the advancing troops. This set includes over 90 German, American and British infantry, as well as a great assortment of accessories such as 3 artillery pieces, a large concrete and rock defensive position, 4 pillboxes (in which you can place 2-3 figures each), a set of steel beach obstacles, 2 U.Higgins Boat landing craft, a U. Underwater Demolitions Team boat and mini-submarine with crew, a U.
Jeep, a set of concrete tank traps, barbed wire and sandbag walls. The Allies: 25 Marx recast G. S in tan color 15 Matchbox British Infantry in brown color A BMC U. Machine Gun Position A BMC U. Mortar Position 4 Marx recast U.
Paratroops, each with a separate Parachute (not shown) The Germans: 30 Matchbox Germans in Wehrmacht gray color 6 CTS German Artillerymen in gray color 2 BMC German Mortar Positions in gray color Allied Accessories: 2 BMC U. Higgins Boat Landing Craft with drop-down loading ramps 1 Ideal U. Navy Underwater Demolitions Team Boat with Mini-Submarine, 4 U.
Jeep 1 Marx recast U. 105mm Howitzer German Accessories: 1 Large 2-piece MPC German Concrete and Rock Defensive Bunker 4 Fencibles Reinforced Concrete Pillboxes (with lift-off roofs, so you can put soldiers inside) 2 CTS German 88mm Guns (each swivels on its base and the barrel raises and lowers). 3 Hand-Painted Form Tech Explosions (2 for water, 1 for land) A Toy Soldier Company Exclusive! 16 sections of Marx recast Barbed Wire 12 BMC Tank Traps 12 BMC Steel Beach Obstacles 12 BMC Sandbag Walls 1 BMC German flag playset box Set contents may vary. The Toy Soldier Company, founded in 1985, has the world's most extensive stock of current and vintage plastic and metal toy soldiers and accessories by manufacturers including Britains Deetail, Timpo, Atlantic, Dulcop, Conte, Marx originals and recasts, Playmobil and others. Please message us if you have any concerns. We have a strict policy, in accordance with U.