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With the recent releases of their fantastic all-plastic British Airborne and German Grenadiers kits – Warlord Games have taken to opportunity to update their hugely popular Pegasus Bridge battle set, and the collector's edition Ham and Jam set…
The vital operation held in the early hours of the Normandy landings is back once more – updated with new models and content… setting the wheels in motion for you to take on the daring raid that paved the way for the Allied D-Day invasion.
Pegasus Bridge Second Edition
This remarkable laser-cut replica of Pegasus Bridge, along with scenery representing other key features of the battle site such as the Café Gondrée, the gun emplacement, machinegun posts, and bunker, are all included in this superb battle set, allowing you to recreate the battle on the tabletop.
Can your valiant glider troops take the bridge, or will the Germans see you off before reinforcements arrive?
The new Pegasus Bridge set contains everything you'll need to begin refighting this famous night assault:
- Superbly detailed and tilting laser-cut Pegasus Bridge with working checkpoints at both ends.
- Laser-cut Café Gondrée with accessible interiors.
- 16-page booklet with scenarios, rules and assembly instructions.
- Laser-cut machinegun bunker.
- Two laser-cut French telegraph poles.
- Major John Howard (exclusive metal figure).
- Twelve plastic multi-pose British Airborne.
- 24 plastic multi-pose German Grenadiers.
- Resin gun emplacement.
- German 5cm KwK 39 anti-tank gun and three metal crew.
- Resin machinegun nest.
- German MG42 medium machine-gun team.
- Full-color waterslide decal sheets for the Germans and British Airborne miniatures.
In the pre-dawn hours before the Allied invasion of Hitler's Europe was to begin at Normandy, a number of key points had to be neutralized lest the Allied troops be thrown back into the sea.
One of these vital targets was the swing bridge over the canal at Bénouville.
In the early hours of 6th June 1944, the men of D Company, 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, led by Major John Howard, landed by glider – the first British troops to land on D-Day.
Their primary objective was to capture the two road bridges over the River Orne and the Caen Canal.
The bridge was guarded by machinegun posts, an anti-tank gun emplacement, and a machinegun bunker, but the pinpoint glider assault caught the German defenders unprepared.
After a vicious firefight, the highly-trained British soldiers captured the bridge and prepared defenses for the inevitable German counter-attack, which they successfully repelled. The victorious British 6th Airborne Division could now protect the eastern flank of the Allied landings.
To recognize their bravery and sacrifice, the Caen Canal Bridge was renamed Pegasus Bridge by the local population, inspired by the distinctive divisional badge of the 6th Airborne Division.
Ham & Jam Second Edition
Can you land your first elements as close as Staff Sergeant James Harley Wallwork did on that fateful day?
Code words: Ham indicated the canal bridge was captured, and Jam, the river bridge.
Upgrade to this amazing collector's edition Ham and Jam set! Recreate this historical battle with all the elements in play!
Look at all those extras! And here is a complete list of everything in this deluxe set:
- Tilting laser-cut Pegasus Bridge with working checkpoints at both ends.
- Laser-cut Café Gondrée with accessible interiors.
- 16-page booklet with scenarios, rules and assembly instructions.
- Laser-cut machinegun bunker.
- Six laser-cut French telegraph poles.
- Major John Howard (exclusive metal figure).
- Metal Lord Lovat and Piper Bill Millin figures.
- Twelve plastic multi-pose British Airborne.
- 20 plastic multi-pose British Commandos.
- Laser-cut MDF Horsa glider.
- 48 plastic multi-pose German Grenadiers.
- Resin-and-metal Marder 1 Sd.kfz 135.
- Resin gun emplacement.
- German 5cm KwK 39 anti-tank gun and three crew.
- Resin rectangular sandbag emplacement.
- Seven Resin sandbag emplacements.
- Plastic tank obstacles.
- Four German MG42 medium machine-gun teams.
- Metal dead livestock – includes a horse and two cows.
- Full-color waterslide decal sheets for the German and British Airborne miniatures.
- British Commandos assembly leaflet.
- Marder I stat card and vehicle damage markers.
The British troops are elite and highly trained members of the 2nd Battalion of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry led by Major Reginald John Howard. They would Hold Until Relieved by Lord Lovat, his personal piper Bill Millin, and his commandos.
German troops are from the 716th Infantry Division – a static coastal defense unit with poor equipment. It was a rag-tag outfit which included pressed men from Eastern Front POW camps and young, inexperienced Germans, who received reinforcements throughout the day.
The new Pegasus Bridge and Ham and Jam sets are the ideal product for anyone looking to recreate the iconic actions of D-1 – and they are available to order now, over on the Warlord Games webstore.
