79th Infantry Division

Name of the model : Freddy L.

Theme : 79th infantry division in La-Haye-du-Puits

Time, year : Summer 1944

Details : Soldier of the 79th Infantry Division in the area of ​​The Hague Well. He wears a M-1928 rucksack on which is fixed a bayonet M-1942, a bandolier belt of Garand. He also wears a belt of capture, surely stolen from a German prisoner of war, which he has previously denazified (remove symbols showing membership of the Reich army).

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French 3rd SAS

Name of the model : Thomas M.

Theme : French soldier of 3rd SAS

Time, Year : World War II (1944)

Details : This young SAS (SPECIAL AIR SERVICE) uses his takeover war: a German MG42, to defend his position in the vicinity of Plumelec (Brittany), June 6, 1944. SAS operations in Brittany were operations led by French SAS in Brittany from the night of June 5 to June 6, 1944, in support of the landing of Normandy during the Second World War.

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Lorraine Cross Guy near Cherbourg

Name of the model : Pierrot H.

Theme : 79th Division in the vecinity of Cherbourg

Year, Time : World War II (1944)

Details :  Landed on Utah Beach barely a week after the beginning of the operations in Normandy, the division takes part in the liberation of Cherbourg, in North Cotentin. Before resuming the progression, this 79th GI poses for a photographer. Once the city is liberated, the unit will know the heavy fighting near la Haye-du-Puits before continuing its descent of the territory during the Operation Cobra at the end of July.

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Peleliu 1944

Name of the model : Jérémie G.

Theme : US Marines Corps in Pacific

Year, Time : World War II (1944)

Details : “Passionate about the US Marine Corps for a very long time, I decided to pay tribute to them in the different reenactments! I wear the  HBT USMC suit and I took the initiative to not carry a package in this picture that we could locate in Peleliu in 1944, theater of operations of a battle between September 15th and November 25th. The last Japanese resistance point only surrendered on April 21st, 1947, more than a year and a half after the end of the Pacific War.”

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2nd Rangers Battalion

Name of the model : Anthony V.

Theme : 2nd Rangers Battalion on Omaha Beach

Time, Year : World War II (1944)

Details : Private of Company C of the 2nd Battalion of Rangers was wounded at the foot of the cliffs of Omaha Beach. Unlike the Dog, Easy and Fox companies that climb Pointe du Hoc, this company, like the A and B, land alongside the 29th and 1st infantry divisions. These units suffered heavy casualties on the morning of June 6th, 1944, but continued the battle before being deactivated on October 23rd, 1945.

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