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Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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Corinth Canal 1941 : FJR and 5th Pz Division
Killian
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Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Joined: November 26, 2005
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Posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 10:45 AM UTC
Hi,

I understand that Fallschirmjäger, as a sort of a prelude to Crete, assaulted the bridge over the Corinth Canal end of april 1941 - they failed because the bridge exploded anyway, and engineers had to build a new one.
Nevertheless they secured the area, and were finally relieved by, supposedly according to the books, the 5th Panzer Division : is this true, can somebody confirm this ? Any photos ?
In that case I suppose I could safely build a diorama of Fallschirmjäger and a Pz III or IV, they would have been seen together ? What are your opinions, suggestions ?
Dragon has both the Pz III ausf E and the Pz IV ausf D with decals for 31st regt of the 5th Pz div, both with the red devils head insignia, so this could be rather attractive ...
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