User blog:LB&SCR/10th Mountain Division vs. Chasseurs Alpins



Mountains have been hinderances to military units forever, whether they are in your way (stupid, raised pieces of earth!) or your slogging your way through a battle up there (damn it's cold... and snowy.... and cold... and I don't have any ammo... and it's cold), they just continuously got in the way... unless you are Hannibal, then you cross mountains with freaking elephants! Anyway, eventually, the armies of the world got smart and created units trained specifically to fight in very mountainous terrain. In the right corner, we have the American 10th Mountain Division, a unit trained specifically to fight in the mountains in Italy. In the left corner, we have the French Chasseurs Alpins, a light infantry unit that has (technically)...

To be continued....