Loading... Please wait...| Corgi 1:50 CC60416 M16 Quad .50 Half Track |
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| Scale: 1:50 |
Length: 4.55" |
Width: 2" |
Composition: Diecast |
SKU: CG-CC60416 |
The Allied invasion of the southern France in the late summer of 1944, an operation first code-named ANVIL and later DRAGOON, marked the beginning of one of the most successful but controversial campaigns of World War II. However, because it fell both geographically and chronologically between two much larger Allied efforts in northern France and Italy, both its conduct and contributions have been largely ignored. Planned originally as a simultaneous complement to OVERLORD, the cross-Channel attack on Normandy, ANVIL actually took place over two months later, on August 15, 1944, making it appear almost an afterthought to the main Allied offensive in northern Europe. Yet the success of ANVIL and the ensuing capture of the great southern French ports of Toulon and Marseilles, together with the subsequent drive north up the Rhone River valley to Lyon and Dijon, were ultimately to provide critical support to Normandy-based armies finally moving east toward the German border.
Info: M16 Quad .50 Half Track
