Formed as a direct result of Churchill’s order to strike back after Dunkirk, the Commandos were daring raiders trained in ruthless efficiency, unarmed combat, and sabotage. This set gives you 30 highly detailed plastic Commandos – volunteers from Britain and across occupied Europe – ready to storm beaches, raid strongholds, and earn their fearsome reputation.
Commando units were set up in numerous ways. Because of their lack of command structure as such, initiative and teamwork were actively encouraged. So some units were small hit-and-run forces, while others could be considered as a full blown assault division. Each Commando was expertly trained in weapons, both firearms and knives, trained in lethal unarmed combat, Commandos were feared and respected by all their foes.
Their main objective was to create disruption, chaos and terror to the German armed forces. All volunteers to a man, they recruited from all parts of the armed services and all walks of life. The Inter-Allied Commando regiment included troops from allied nations such as Belgium, Poland, Holland and Scandinavia.
The Commandos fought numerous battles across Europe and Africa during the Second World War, but one operation earned them not only their reputation, but also the ire of Hitler himself that ordered the infamous edict that no Commando would be taken as a prisoner of war, but instead executed upon capture. The reason? Operation Chariot: otherwise known as the greatest raid of all time, the successful assault on the submarine pens at St Nazaire.
This set requires assembly and painting.
Suitable for ages 14 and over.
