Bolt Action: Italian Paracadutisi - Paratrooper Infantry Section 15mm European Buildings even being moved by rail

even being moved by rail and lorry to new locations

Usually armed with a fine French pistol

A collection of 5 tall city buildings in one kit

These were local men recruited in New Guinea and led by Australian officers and senior NCOs

Bolt Action: Italian Paracadutisi - Paratrooper Infantry Section 15mm European Buildings even being moved by railThe Italian paratroopers were hard men, often poorly supplied and supported, but fought and died bravely where they stood rather than give ground. Folgore (Lightning) and Nembo (Nimbus) were the two airborne divisions that fought valiantly for Mussolini and, later, the Italian Social Republic (RSI) until the armistice between Italy and the Allies. Even then, large elements of Nembo sided with the Germans and became the basis of the German 4th