WWII German Cavalry (Set 1)--12 figures in 6 poses & 6 horses in 3 horse poses
$12.00
Item Number: AP025
WWII German Cavalry (Set 1)
Date Released: 2012
Contents: 12 figures in 6 poses & 6 horses in 3 horse poses
Material: plastic (fairly hard)
Color: tan
Average Height: 26 mm (= 1.87 m)
It has often been observed that the German Army of the 1930's and '40's relied greatly on horses, and while the bulk of those horses were involved in transportation, there was also a significant horsed cavalry element. Such troops participated in the invasion of Poland in 1939 and France the following year, and were also to be seen on other fronts such as in the Balkans, but it was on the Eastern Front that they really came into their own. Just one cavalry division joined the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, and that was withdrawn before the winter, not because of poor performance, but because it’s particular supply needs were very difficult to meet. Yet it was precisely the appalling conditions brought on by that winter, leaving vast areas with virtually no roads or means of moving wheeled or even tracked vehicles, that showed the value of men on horseback. Many smaller horsed units operated in the East throughout the rest of the war, performing all the usual light cavalry roles of reconnaissance and protection of flanks and supplies without the limitations of motor vehicles and without requiring the increasingly precious resource of motor fuel.
