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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP25 Sep 2020 9:56 p.m. PST

"Contrary to well-cherished myth among game players, the German high command did not withhold reinforcements from the North African theater due to an inability to supply them there. While resupply might have been difficult, the question was also purely theoretical: The panzer divisions desired by Erwin Rommel could only come from the Eastern Front, and there were none to spare.

The Royal Italian Army proved more willing to commit troops to the desert campaign, but faced a different problem: a shortage of formations trained and especially equipped for the mobile, modern warfare being waged in Libya and Egypt. In the summer of 1942 Italy had finally produced enough tanks to both replace losses in its one armored division fighting there and send a second to join it. In addition to mechanized formations, the Italian high command believed that elite light infantry also had a place in desert warfare if supported by armored units…"
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Personal logo Legion 4 Supporting Member of TMP26 Sep 2020 10:17 a.m. PST

Well they are paras and did fight well … The game looks like it should be pretty good.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP26 Sep 2020 11:55 a.m. PST

Glad you like it my good friend! (smile)

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Mark 1 Supporting Member of TMP26 Sep 2020 9:07 p.m. PST

Training progressed only slowly as technical glitches with the parachutes kept killing trainees…

Yeah. Annoying bit, that.

"Who is our most experienced parachutist?"
"That would be Giovanni, Commandante!"
"Bring him to me."
"We are still gathering the pieces, but will bring him shortly, Seniore!"

-Mark
(aka: Mk 1)

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP27 Sep 2020 4:06 p.m. PST

(smile)


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Personal logo Legion 4 Supporting Member of TMP28 Sep 2020 9:46 a.m. PST

Yeah. Annoying bit, that.
Yeah if your chute malfunctions that is a bad thing …

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