"The Italian Invasion of Greece 1940" Topic
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| Tango01 | 03 Sep 2014 11:08 p.m. PST |
"The Italian invasion of Greece in October 1940 was one of Mussolini's major wartime disasters. A totally inadequate Italian army blundered into the mountains of north-west Greece, where it was defeated, thrown back into Albania, only to be rescued by the German invasion of Greece the following year. The common perception of this campaign is of a massive Italian army being held off by valiant, outnumbered Greek forces. Valiant they certainly were, however, as I will demonstrate the opposing forces were actually fairly evenly balanced. The campaign offers an interesting alternative to the usual WW2 armoured encounters. The rugged terrain and limited forces can be reproduced effectively on the tabletop and even the strategic campaign can be enlivened with a few historical ‘what-ifs'…" From here
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