Tag Archives: 1944

Dummy Tanks in France

A report from the Intelligence Bulletin, December 1944 on the German use of dummy Panther tanks during World War II. The report includes two photographs of a dummy tank encountered in France in 1944. DUMMY TANKS Although German use of … Continue reading

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German AFV Crewmen, Ukraine, 1944

New 1/35th-scale five figure resin set produced by Stalingrad: S-3090: “Brief Lunch”, German AFV Crewmen, Ukraine 1944 Big Set. Each figure shown is also available individually as S-3091, S-3092, S-3093, S-3094 and S-3095.

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German NCO by Ares Mythologic

Ares Mythologic has released a new WWII 75mm-scale, white metal and resin figure: AVAR-G27: German NCO 1944. Sculpted by: Oriol Quin. Box art: Jaume Ortiz. List price is 50€.

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1/35th Japanese Army Infantry at Peleliu

New 1/35th-scale Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) figure set from Dragon Models: No. 6555: 1/35th Japanese Army Infantry Peleliu, 1944.  

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Viking Summer

The Oliver Publishing Group is now shipping their latest new book release: Viking Summer: 5.SS-Panzer-Division in Poland, 1944 (Firefly Collection No. 1).

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9th Army: Aachen to the Roer River

American 9th Army: Aachen to the Roer River, U.S. War Department Historical Film.     [ Video has been removed from Youtube. ]      

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Dragon Figure: Leutnant “Josef Paulus”, Gebirgsjäger Officer

New 1/6th-scale Dragon WWII figure covering the Italian Front in 1944: Item No. 70854, Leutnant “Josef Paulus”, Gebirgsjäger Officer, Gebirgs-Regt 85, 5. Gebirgs-Division, Gustav Line, Italy 1944. Scheduled for release September 2012.

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Allied Armies Face General Winter

Allied armies face rain and snow of “General Winter” as troops advance through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.   [Video not available.]

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Paris 1944

Paris ’44, The Big Picture, Army Pictorial Center, U.S. Army — The story of the liberation in Paris by the Allies in August 1944.    

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Twelfth Air Force in Italy

Photographs of Twelfth Air Force in Italy from Medium Bomber Operations, 1 January – 28 August 1944, Headquarters Twelfth Air Force, February 1945.

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