May 10th 78 years ago the German army started his 5 days long campaign against the Netherlands.
For the first time mass paratroops drops were used. Fallschirmjägers were used to secure airfields and bridges until regular troops came to use them. Even Allied help coming from French army was promised Netherlands fell fast and even they fought well and were brave they had no choice when Germany attacked Rotterdam using bombers causing lots of destruction. Intense battles were fought in Rotterdam and near The Hague.
My little scene Festung Holland
Here is a little scene remembering the invasion. Falschirmjägers with some Dutch PoWs in a captured bridge over a Dutch river.
Fallschirmjägers with their prisoners
For this little scene I used slopes to make it look better.
Rear view
Front view
Dutch soldiers
Fallschirmjäger
To make the minifigs I used standard Lego torsos and legs and BrickArms stuff. Some parts are painted with acrilic paint.
Dutch marine (left) and regular army soldier. As weapons I used Arisakas
Fallschirmjägers
The vehicle is a SdKfz 232 8 Rad. If you are interested on building it you can watch the video I made with the instructions here :
