Re: What is your favorite division in either army and why?
Well as you can probably tell from my website, it's the 101st Airborne division. Specifically the 3rd Battlion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. More specifically "I" Company.
But since the 101st didn't fight in North-Afrika or the Mediterranean, than I'll mention my favorite on the Axis side. My favorite Axis unit is actually a regiment, not a division. The 5th Panzer Regiment, who became part of the 21st Panzer division in the North Afrika campaign.
I have met one veteran of that unit, and he was a tank commander. Unfortunately he personally never made it to Afrika due to wounds sustained beforehand. He does have a funny story about meeting Rommel before his regiment was shipped out though. He was captured by the Allies in Normandy after his unit had been reformed there.
Last edited by WWIIBuff; September 21st, 2007 at 03:12 PM.
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