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Victory at Sea - Merchant Convoy
Summary: Set of unpainted miniatures for Victory at Sea.
Victory at Sea is the game of naval combat during the Second World War. Throughout 1939?45, the nations of the world duelled across the oceans across the globe, only to discover the fundamental nature of naval warfare changing in the face of rapidly developing technologies. Now you can play out these confrontations on the tabletop with entire fleets drawn from the Royal Navy, US Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy, German Kriegsmarine or any of the other nations featured in Victory at Sea.
From skirmishes involving single destroyers hunting down merchantmen to the clashing of massive battleships, from invasions of islands across the Pacific to mastering waves of dive bombers, Victory at Sea enables you to fight exciting battles that take place on the oceans of World War II.
Preventing attacks on defenceless merchant ships is the other main role of the navy, and it was her that the war was fought, day in and day out, by the humble corvette, frigate and destroyer escort, and later by escort carriers. Commerce raiding formed a critical part of the strategy for several nations – Germany’s Kriegsmarine almost brought Britain to her knees whilst the US Navy similarly strangled Japan’s movement of industrial goods, materials, troops and supplies.
Grouping ships into convoys meant there was more expanse of empty ocean out there – hopefully raiders would not even find the convoy. It also made escorts more effective, but in the event a convoy was hit by a surface raider, such as a heavy cruiser or battlecruiser, the target would be devastated in short order. Nevertheless, the convoy system helped a great deal. It would fall to the escorting ships to defend them until either a heavy covering force could come up in support or the merchants could make their escape. Some of the most heroic, and worst mismatched, actions of the war took place in defence of merchants convoys or troop ships.
Box contains:3 x Liberty Merchant Ship,3 x Victory Merchant Ship,1 x SS Ohio Tanker Ship,Ship Cards and Damage Sliders.
Merchant ships. Multi-part Resin & metal miniatures. 1:1800 scale.
Pack contains seven ships. Miniatures are supplied unpainted and require assembly.
- Series/Line: Victory at Sea
- Contents: Seven (7) Miniatures
- Material: Resin & White Metal Alloy
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