I have been modelling for some years now, building mainly German vehicles, singly or multiples set within a diorama. Recently I find myself drawn to American World War Two vehicles - softskins as well as AFVs - and my latest diorama is testament to this. I decided to call my latest inspiration The Road Into Germany', set in the final stages of the war. The idea for the diorama was a result of reading how the Americans under Eisenhower s instructions were ordered to bypass Berlin and head straight for the Elbe river in the Magdeburg area of Germany. There they would link up with the Russian forces who had been pressing their way in from the east with the intention of cutting Germany in two. In many of the towns that US forces passed through, the German army had already retreated leaving much of their equipment as well as the townsfolk to fend for themselves.
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