"WWII German Infantry Marching" Topic

"Marching is a fact of life for any infantryman, even in the 20th century, when soldiers no longer went into battle in tight formations with hopefully perfect unison. Nazi Germany is of course associated with parades and marching, though those were mostly Party rallies where it was the SS and SA that did the marching. The Army had plenty of parades too, not least in the many towns and cities they occupied in the decade before 1945, but surprisingly this is the first set to be dedicated solely to that particular activity.

A set of marching soldiers could be a very dull offering with mostly just the one pose, as was the Airfix Guards Colour Party set, but in fact Caesar have provided a similar number of different poses to their battle sets. Leaving aside the officer for now, our top row shows all the poses on the move. The first looks quite relaxed, and is not in a formal parade since his rifle is at the slope on his right shoulder. In fact he could simply be moving along a road towards a battle were it not for his tunic, which we will discuss in a moment. The next two figures are doing much the same thing – goose-stepping – but with different feet forward. The goose-step long preceded the Nazis, and is an absurd form of march which was widely mocked by the Allies during the war and quietly dropped by the Nazis themselves. Why Caesar chose to make two poses that are identical apart from which leg is foremost we cannot guess, since it means they cannot be used together in a formation. The fourth and fifth figures both wear greatcoats, with the fourth having his rifle slung over his right shoulder and the fifth with his correctly at the slope and again goose-stepping. Both poses are valid for parade, and naturally if the weather was cold then greatcoats were worn, so each of these five poses is a valid and useful marching figure…"

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Armand

Some of those would be useful as sentries walking a post. Good for a surprise attack something like Pegasus Bridge or a Commando raid or similar.

Glad you like them my friend!.

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Armand