On sixteenth December, 1944, the German forces relocated through woodlands of the Ardennes, in Belgium, to add 1st U.S. Army. This was the Wehrmacht's last offensive in the western front prior to the last surrender in 1945. The “Wacht am Rhein” plan envisaged, on the part of General Von Rundstedt , using numerous elite units of Wehrmacht and of Waffen SS. The orgasm of this offensive had been the siege of Bastogne, on December 21st, 1944. The city ended up being defended by the 101st Airborne Division. The models inside kit include the innovative Sturmgewehr 44 which is often considered the precursor of today's assault rifles.
