Red Army

If one man 'won' in WW2 it was Josef Stalin. He secretly negotiated a non-aggression pact with Hitler hoping that fascism and capitalism would destroy each other and he could then send his tanks west and take over what was left. The plan went badly wrong in May 1941 when Hitler broke their pact..... over 30 million Russians died fighting the nazis but their sacrifice allowed the Soviet Union to achieve total dominance over much of Europe for 50 years.

These models represent the various arms of the Red Army in WW2 starting with a political officer. Responsible for enforcing 'political ideology and organisation' they held the same rank as the commanding officer of the unit to which they were attached. The model carries the two main tools of the soviet political officer... the propaganda poster and the makarov .

Joining him is a customised model based on legendary Soviet Sniper Vasily Zaytsev. During the battle of Stalingrad Zaytsev is confirmed to have killed 242 enemy soldiers with his Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle and the snipers he trained at his 'academy' accounted for over 3000 German dead.

While the Red Army fought in the streets of Stalingrad, the Russian Navy fought to protect the vital supply lines across the River Volga. Russian Marines fought hand to hand with German soldiers to protect the docks and keep the ammo and reinforcements flowing into the city

Finally is a full squad of Russian infantry riding an SU-152 during 'Operation Bagration'. Russian use of infantry riding armour allowed each to protect the other and was a hard combination to beat.