I'm planning on doinig a large diorama based on the assault of the french village Carentan, by the E co. 506th PIR. (not that original..i know ) But i'm doin my research now. And my question is: do some of u guys have any maps or pictures from this village before,after or even during the attack? Or can a use the B of B series? is the Carentan episode realible?

Thanx alot!

Penkala,

Go to www.google.nl and search for something like "Carentan"+"1944" ..... this comes up with things like :

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/sisbill/armymaps.htm

http://www.6juin1944.com/assaut/aeropus/cartes.html

http://search.eb.com/normandy/week2/invasion.html

there's plenty more of it out there .... Happy Hunting !

Sorry cannot help, but if the dio looks anything like the series B-o-B it is going to look great!

Wow, Danny. I was even really that interested but those map sites are great. Printing some of them out now. Thanks loads.

Shaun

Hye, good luck on the dio. Make sure to keep us posted throughout the whole process.

~Chip :-)

Keenan,

hehe...I was quite surprised this came up right away ... I have been looking for these sorts of maps for the arnhem area (Market Garden operation), but without luck..... And with two simple words like Carentan and 1944 .... hehe yep...it caught me by surprise too.

Help! im trying to figure this one out for days What camo patern did the Fallschirmjager worn during this batlle(or the normandie periode)....and the colours of the rest of the uniform(trousers, jumpsuit)...someone??

Again - "google.com" to the rescue... first, it depended on the time of season.... spring, summer, and fall patterns were all different... here is a website that has good photos of a variety of German (and Allied) uniforms that are created for the Dragon Large Scale soldiers... pretty accurate. The Fallshimjager unis are towards the bottom third. Hope you find it helfpul...

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.monkeydepot.com/Merchant/d1475t.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.monkeydepot.com/Templates/frmTemplateQ.asp%3FSubFolderID%3D101%26SearchYN%3DN&h=150&w=108&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522Fallschirmjager%2522%2B%252B%2B%2522uniforms%2522%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN