Bolt Action - Italian Army & Blackshirts cards 21 divisions being formed with

21 divisions being formed with 12

The men of the Kriegsmarine were often asked to do more than serve at sea

the operations in the Ardennes and Italy also saw troops in dire need of cold weather gear – the Italian winter in 1944 was the coldest for 150 years

They wore the trademark Luftwaffe blue/grey uniforms and many also donned the long camouflaged M1942 jacket or zeltbahn tent capes

Bolt Action - Italian Army & Blackshirts cards 21 divisions being formed withMussolini famously boasted that the Italian army had eight million bayonets standing at the ready. In actuality, the standing Italian army was far smaller than that, with huge numbers of troops conscripted into a war they neither believed in nor understood. The fighting ability of units of the Italian army varied greatly, with much of the rank and file lacking proper equipment, transport and even motivation. Still, there were several key battles in