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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Didn't Hannibal march his war elephants over these mountains way back ?

Ya he did, but he didn't have any opposition when crossing the Alps. I doubt the Nazis would have extended the same courtesy. It was bad enough fighting in the Italian mountains on the way up the boot. Crossing the Alps against a skilled and determined enemy... that would be ugly.

33 posted on 08/08/2013 7:33:44 AM PDT by Ditto
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To: Ditto

Actually, Hannibal did have to fight the local tribes while taking his forces through the Alps, and suffered a lot of casualties while doing so.


61 posted on 08/08/2013 1:35:00 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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