European Tour
1944-1945
1944-1945
June was the anniversary of D-Day and December
will be the Anniversary for the Battle
of the Bulge. In between were several other key battles of the Western Front of
World War II. Then there was only another six months until the Allies sewed it up
at Berlin.
Theme
Guidline:
Build something that can be associated to the Western Front of the Second World War, starting from the invasion of Normandy up through the end of the war in Europe.
- Operation Overlord: June–August 1944
- Battle for Brest: August–September 1944
- Operation Dragoon: August–September 1944
- Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine: August–September 1944
- Clearing the Channel Coast: September–November 1944
- Operation Market Garden: September 1944
- Lorraine Campaign: September–December 1944
- Battle of Metz: September–December 1944
- Battle of Nancy: September 1944
- Battle of Moerbrugge: September 1944
- Battle of Hürtgen Forest: September 1944-February 1945
- Battle of Overloon: October 1944
- Battle of Aachen: October 1944
- Battle of the Scheldt: October–November 1944
- Operation Queen: November–December 1944
- Operation Clipper: November 1944-January 1945
- Battle of the Bulge: December 1944-January 1945
- Operation Nordwind: January 1945
- Operation Blackcock: January 1945
- Colmar Pocket: January–February 1945
- Western Allied invasion of Germany: February–May 1945
You can also check this site for ideas: http://www.dday-overlord.com/
Everyone must have at least a couple models in the closet that will satisfy the requirements of this theme, be it Axis or Allies. There are plenty of options, get building and have fun with it! Contact the sponsors with any questions on the theme.
There has been a rumor that there may be some special awards. More details to come…
Theme contest date: December 19, 2014.
Theme Sponsors:
- Joe Bergman
- Russ Holcomb
- Ray Keegan
- Kamila Lukyanova
Addendum - 12/30/2014:
We had an amazing showing of support for the
final theme contest of 2014. The requirement was to build something from the
Western Front from World War II, starting from the Invasion of Normandy
straight through to the end of the war in Europe. There were many possibilities
and the entries showed that spread. The winners were:
1 Bobby
Pokorny Stug III
2 Tomasz
Kalata M-24 Chaffee
3 Frank
Colucci V2 Rocket
HM Bob
Epley King Tiger
Israel Alvarado Sherman
Jeff
Eng Cromwell
Howell
Serkin Panther
Kosta
Lukyanov LCVP
Ray
Whitton Hawker Typhoon
A special thank you to everyone who built for
this theme and an extra special thanks to the sponsors, Joe Bergman, Russ
Holcomb, Ray Keegan and Kamila Lukyanova, without whom we wouldn’t have had this
theme.
