This Bloody Radio Is Useless!--two WWII British Paratrooper figures and Arhem sign
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Item Number: MG084

"This Bloody Radio Is Useless!"

One of the many failures of the Battle of Arnhem was the poor radio communications between different British units operating in the Arnhem area.  This was partly caused by the wide dispersion of different units as well as the wooded environment of the area and the large built-up sections of Arnhem and the nearby village of Oosterbeek.  All of these factors played into the confusion of battle and the lack of information reaching command level throughout the battle.

Our two-man team tries in vain to reach one of their forward units already advancing into the town and coming up against fierce German opposition.  A three-piece set comprising two sitting and crouching British Paras along with a local road sign pointing towards the city of Arnhem.

‘RETURN TO ARNHEM’

This past September marked the 80th Anniversary of one of the most famous battles of WWII:  the doomed attempt by the British 1st Airborne Division to capture the famous road bridge over the Lower Rhine at the Dutch city of ARNHEM.  This was part of Operation Market Garden, devised by Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, to seize a series of major bridges and secure a road route for the British XXX Corps to advance up through occupied Holland and open a direct front into the Ruhr, Nazi Germany’s industrial heartland.  If successful, Montgomery believed the war might be over Christmas 1944.

Unfortunately, the plan fell apart in Arnhem.

Due to be released in NOVEMBER 2024.