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DD373 - Vive les Allies ('Long Live The Allies!') | King & Country
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DD373 - Vive les Allies ('Long Live The Allies!') | King & Country
For collectors building a D-Day and Liberation display, Vive les Allies ('Long Live The Allies!') introduces a focused character, action or detail from the period.
The wider setting is the Allied landings in Normandy and the liberation of France in 1944. The Normandy campaign involved soldiers, sailors, vehicles, civilians and Resistance networks working amid intense fighting. The liberation of towns and villages produced moments of both danger and public celebration.
Vive les Allies ('Long Live The Allies!') contributes a distinct named character, object or action to the range. Its individual role becomes most meaningful when the neighbouring pieces help explain what is happening in the scene.
The subject adds an individual point of interest to its historical or fictional setting. A carefully placed character gives the viewer someone through whom to imagine the wider story.
An engaging way to present it is within a Normandy beach, inland village or liberation scene. The setting makes the period easy to understand and gives the subject a natural place in the scene.
It can be presented independently as a portrait or integrated with related figures. A simple and consistent setting often makes the character more compelling than a crowded background.
Collectors can build outward from this piece with Allied soldiers, civilians, landing craft and wartime vehicles, letting each addition contribute a different aspect of the setting.
What makes the subject appealing is the movement from invasion through fighting to liberation. These smaller details often hold the viewer’s attention as much as a prominent centrepiece.
It is equally suitable as a stand-alone subject or as one part of a carefully arranged story from the same range.
Now available from The Military Workshop.
Brand: King & Country
