Bolt Action - German Grenadier Squad (Winter) Winter British Army For the assault on Normandy

For the assault on Normandy in June 1944

the operations in the Ardennes and Italy also saw troops in dire need of cold weather gear – the Italian winter in 1944 was the coldest for 150 years

cast in metal

Brave the cold and push into Germany with Crossing the Rhine

1 NCO and three soldiers with SMGs

Bolt Action - German Grenadier Squad (Winter) Winter British Army For the assault on NormandyGermany's aggressive campaigns of conquest ensured that her armies would fight in many countries far from the fatherland and in starkly contrasting terrain and weather conditions. German soldiers were well equipped for their venture into Europe, and later North Africa, but found themselves ill prepared for the bleak, freezing and unforgiving Eastern Front. When the Russian armies failed to collapse, the Wehrmacht found itself caught out on the Russian