Figurines

2nd SAS Regiment

Brand DRAGON

SKU DRA-6199 EAN 089195861993

Features

Nation: United Kingdom

Period: WWII

Scale: 1/35

Type: Figurini

Price 16,80 €

Description

1/35 2nd SAS Regiment (France 1944)

SAS (Special Air Service) is an elite special unit of the British armed forces, created in 1941 by Colonel David Stirling, which, with a brief hiatus, exists to the present day. The SAS was originally formed as a North African unit in the extreme rear of the Axis forces. Its tasks at that time included widely known diversion and sabotage (e.g., destroying ammunition or fuel depots). From the beginning, it was assumed that the SAS would operate in the extreme rear of the Axis powers. Much attention was also paid to the training of soldiers included in the unit. However, the first SAS operation ended in complete failure. Only the second operation, when the SAS worked closely with the LRDG, resulted in the destruction or damage of three airfields on Axis-occupied Libyan territory. In 1942, the 1st SAS Regiment was formed, consisting of four British units, one Free French unit and one Greek unit. In January 1943, the 1st SAS commander (Colonel David Stirling) was captured by the Germans and Robert Blair Maine took his position. In April 1943 it underwent another reorganization and shortly thereafter was deployed in combat in Sicily and southern Italy. In 1944 the 1st SAS Brigade was formed, consisting of as many as five regiments. It was used in combat during operations in France, Belgium and the Netherlands in 1944-1945. The unit also fought in Germany at the end of World War II.