"Patton and Leclerc" Topic
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 foxbat  | 29 Jul 2018 11:29 a.m. PST |
They are sold as a set – along with Patton's dog – by Retrokit France. I'd been looking for Leclerc in 20mm to start my 2e DB project, and I think I've been lucky to find this. BTW, Patton was Leclerc's suprior when commanding the 3rd Army.
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| robert piepenbrink | 29 Jul 2018 1:08 p.m. PST |
Yes, mostly. Trying to remember who the corps commander was. Evidently Leclerc's English was a little uncertain, and they tried to keep him in a chain of command which spoke good French. Alas! Probably easier to do in 1944 than it would be now after 70 years of NATO. Good luck with the project. |
| foxbat | 29 Jul 2018 2:04 p.m. PST |
Gerow was the Corps commander, and Leclerc's command pf English was not the mai problem. His conception of rules commanding divisonal corridors was somewhat laxer than Gerow's and the controversy is still on whether his initiatives were part of the cause of the tardiness of the closing of the Falaise pocket… |
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looks at how these pre-painted buildings are packaged.
