Post by congofal on Nov 4, 2010 23:20:06 GMT -8
As some of you might know Argentina was "neutral" during the war supplying food , weapons , ammunition , raw materials and oil to both sides , but for the most part the Argentine Armed Forces where influenced by Germany since the late 1800 , trained and armed by them , so much so that by the outbreak of WWII the Argentine Army looked very much like the Wehrmacht .
By 1943 Argentina was in the process of building up the Army numbers so that in case of the war expanding to the South American Continent Argentina could defend itself and possibly take the fight to the enemy , which at this point meant a possible war with Brazil . However the Germans could not spare any war fighting material , Argentina could manufacture anything needed for the new troops , but for one thing , helmets , so a new source had to be found , here's where another neutral nation came into play , Switzerland.
In 1944 the Argentine government authorized the formation of an Airborne Division , the Argentine Army looked for inspiration at the 2 nations that had first employed Airborne troops in combat Germany and Italy and the result was this
By 1943 Argentina was in the process of building up the Army numbers so that in case of the war expanding to the South American Continent Argentina could defend itself and possibly take the fight to the enemy , which at this point meant a possible war with Brazil . However the Germans could not spare any war fighting material , Argentina could manufacture anything needed for the new troops , but for one thing , helmets , so a new source had to be found , here's where another neutral nation came into play , Switzerland.
In 1944 the Argentine government authorized the formation of an Airborne Division , the Argentine Army looked for inspiration at the 2 nations that had first employed Airborne troops in combat Germany and Italy and the result was this
