Italeri Figures British 8th Army (WWII) 1:72

SET CONTENTS
- Figures of soldiers from the British 8th Army of the Second World War.

MODEL KIT FEATURES
- Scale 1:72.
- Difficulty level 1.
- Figures depicted in the traditional tropical uniform.
- Reproduced weapons: Lee Enfield rifles, Sten submachine guns and Bren machine guns.

HISTORY: BRITISH 8TH ARMY
- In August 1942, Winston Churchill replaced General Auchinleck with Bernard Law Montgomery following the British defeats in North Africa.
- Montgomery led the 8th Army in the counterattack and was the strategist behind the Battle of El Alamein in Egypt, which ended with the defeat of the Italo-German forces led by Erwin Rommel.