DesertedFox -> RE: Is Romanian/Axis Minor national morale slightly too low? (10/12/2021 1:24:07 PM)
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ORIGINAL: miljkovics I personally found Romanian units useful to some degree. Beside (obvious) use for Soviet Garrison, I use them in sieges (Odessa, Sevastopol and similar) with some German units too. They can also hold front well in winter, if supplied and in forts 2/3...even better as support (stack) to under strength German units. What I do found strangely useless are Italian units. There are far worst then Romanians in my experience so far. Well what's been said of Romanian officers, equipment, motivation, and morale also goes for the Italians. Let’s firstly look at the start of the Italians in the desert campaign in 1940. Italian Tenth Army to invade Egypt on 8th August 190. The British counteroffensive, Operation Compass, began on 8 December 1940. O'Connor's relatively small force of 31,000 men, 275 tanks and 120 artillery pieces in a period of 10 weeks takes over 130,000 prisoners, 400 tanks and 1,292 guns at the cost of 500 killed and 1,373 wounded. How motivated were those Italian troops? They had poor leaders and just as poor equipment. Sound familiar? Did they give a damn about capturing some useless desert? This article sums up the Italians in Russia pretty well. The Italian Army in Russia: from Barbarossa to Stalingrad Tenth Army wasn't a good representation of Italian Army As you have singled out the 10th army as not being a good or I guess "typical" representation of the Italian army, the 8th army that served in Russia MUST have been a good representatin of the Italian army.
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