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1940 LEGO World War Two Battle for France at Stonne

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If you liked Fury, you might like Fleurie.

Between May 15 and 17 of 1940, the town of Stonne was the focus of hard fighting between the French and Germans. The town changed hands 17 times in the three days of battling. Involved in the fighting were Renault B1 Bis tanks from the third division of a Bataillon de Chars de Combat. One B1 Bis was numbered 350, named Fleurie. Another tank from the same division, number 337, named Eure, destroyed a column of two Panzer IV and eleven Panzer III tanks lined up on the street on May 16. Some people say the French tanks could have defended France if they had been deployed differently, and had enough gas and ammunition handy, and had radios, and anti-aircraft protection, and better luck, etc.

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Special thanks to Lego4Life on Mocpages, Ngoc Truong from Vietnam, for sharing his plans for the B1 Bis and the Panzer III. See his other superior models at:
http://www.mocpages.com/mocs.php?id=84364

Thanks to Custombricks.de for their Panzer IV instructions
http://www.custombricks.de/CUSTOM-Bauanleitungen/

Thanks also to Brian Fitzsimmons here on youtube for his Panzer II plans
https://www.youtube.com/user/1O1stairborne

The French Adrian helmets are 3D printed and designed by Woody64 at Shapeways.com
http://www.shapeways.com/shops/MinifigCustomsIn3d?s=36§ion=Packs#more-products


Here is a photo of Char B1 Bis number 350, Fleurie, and its crew from the middle of May, 1940 during the battle of France at Stonne: http://www.wettringer-modellbauforum.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=46763

You can read more about the Battle of Stonne lots of places. With some pictures of how it looks now you can see:
http://www.johnsmilitaryhistory.com/Stonne.html

The Music is called "The Conquerors" by Brightside Studio, the royalty free commercial license was purchased from Premiumbeat.com

Sounds were purchased from Sounddogs.com

The tracks on the B1 Bis are from brickmania.com, and the tracks on the other tanks are from custombricks.de

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