Years of planning culminate in The Longest Day, the long-awaited invasion begins with the assault on the beaches of Normandy; D-Day 6th June 1944...

The longest day

Normandy, 6 June 1944. The Allies undertake the largest and most ambitious amphibious landings in history to return the fight to western Europe.

Re-create the turning point of the war, that allowed the Allies to gain a foothold in Europe and which was to set the stage for the Axis downfall.

This set contains:

2x LCVP landing craft

1x AT/Flak bunker

1x Coastal Defence bunker

2x German Pak 40 ATG (for inside the bunkers)

Craters/shell holes

1x Duplex Drive Sherman with lowered screens

32x plastic US Infantry

16x plastic German Grenadiers

2x MG 42 MMG teams

4x US Army casualties

2x US Engineers carrying Bangalore torpedoes

2x MMG sandbag emplacements

Set of battlefield accessories

2m of barbed wire