Ruined Central Building (Villers Bocage, 1944) (25) - Modern Ww2 Ww1 World War Diaroma Wargaming Rpg Mini Hobby

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The model is provided in 1/56 scale, but can be easily resized in many other scales in your slicer:
- to 6mm (1/280): x20%
- to 10mm (1/200): x35%
- to 15mm (1/100): x56%
- to 20mm (1/72): x78%
- to 25mm (1/64): x88%
- to 1/48 scale: x117%
- to 1/35 scale: x160%

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The model comes in 7 separate parts. When fully assembled, the model reaches 623x281x120mm at 28mm scale, and the model can be printed on a bed of at least 210x210mm (if your printer is smaller, no problem: you can simply add extra cuts, and we'll be happy to help).

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Historical context

The historic Halles de Villers-Bocage served as the commercial and social heart of the eponymous commune in Normandy, France, for generations. While the town’s market traditions trace back to the medieval era, the prominent nineteenth-century structurex - a substantial masonry hall built of local limestone with distinctive arched bays - sheltered merchants, grain traders, and agricultural wares. It facilitated vital economic exchange, standing as the indispensable hub for the rural life of the surrounding Pré-Bocage region. Local farmers and livestock dealers regularly converged here, fostering a vibrant regional economy and strong community cohesion.

This long-standing role as a cornerstone of daily life came to an end during the Battle of Normandy in World War II. On 13 June 1944, during the intense urban fighting of the Battle of Villers-Bocage, the hall and surrounding town center sustained severe damage from close-range tank and infantry engagements. Two weeks later, on the night of 30 June 1944, a massive raid by RAF Bomber Command, followed by subsequent strikes in July, reduced the market hall and almost the entire town to rubble to deny the strategic crossroads to German reinforcements.

The complete destruction of the Halles de Villers-Bocage severed a tangible link to the town’s architectural past. During post-war reconstruction in the 1950s, the urban landscape was redesigned with wider thoroughfares and modern civic buildings, and the covered hall was never rebuilt in its original form. Instead, the central square was reconfigured as an open civic and commercial space. Today, the memory of the stone Halles remains a poignant chapter of Villers-Bocage’s heritage, embodying both the town's historical market identity and the devastating toll of the 1944 Normandy campaign.