{"product_id":"8001283060769-italeri-wwii-german-afrika-corps-172","title":"The Hobby Company Italeri 510006076 – 1:72 WW2 German Africa Corps","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed scale model kit fron Italeri\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor collectors aged 14 years and over\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eItaleri 1:72 - WWII German Afrika Corps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is not a toy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the loss of Cyrenaica, Italy requested a German intervention, and in February 1941 the first troops of what was to become the famous Deutsche Afrika Korps led by General Erwin Rommel were sent to North Africa. The troops of the Axis in a few months took back Cyrenaica and Tobruk, and advanced into Egypt. Constantly short on supplies, they were defeated by the 8th British Army at El Alamein. The additional pressure caused by the American arrival in Morocco forced the Afrika Korps to gradually retreat in Tunisia during 1943.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40787216793697,"sku":"8001283060769","price":9.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_7936648_907761.jpg?v=1779803127","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/8001283060769-italeri-wwii-german-afrika-corps-172","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}