SS119 - SS Cavalry Trooper D-Day and operations requiring exceptional training

and operations requiring exceptional training and bravery

ensuring their formations remained effective despite the constant uncertainty of war

A striking addition for collectors of Victorian military history

Production stopped around late 1944

The Immortals were among the most prestigious troops of the ancient world

SS119 - SS Cavalry Trooper D-Day and operations requiring exceptional trainingSS119 SS Cavalry Trooper Although mechanisation transformed warfare during the Second World War, cavalry units continued to serve in a variety of important roles. Horses remained invaluable where rough terrain, forests, deep mud, or heavy snow restricted the movement of vehicles. Mounted troops carried out reconnaissance, security patrols, courier duties, and anti partisan operations in many areas of occupied Europe and the Eastern Front. This figure