Louis,
You’re right we did get our butts handed to us in the Kasserine Pass and we were bogged down in Italy. However, some how we (Allies) pushed the Germans out of North Africa by unifying their forces and taking advantage of the complete refusal of Hitler to re-supply the Afrika Korp due to “Operation Barbarossa”.
But we still beat them. Italy, in additions to much of what has already been said about the failings of this campaign; it also suffered from lack additional resources to advance this campaign further since it was only considered a secondary objective subordinate to the Normandy invasion.
You already know this very well, which is probably the reason why Normandy and the push towards Germany remain most collectible and commercially successful. This I agree with you Americans love winners.
The real question might be are these secondary campaigns (North Afrika, Sicily, Italy, and even Southern France) commercially viable for KC or other manufacturers to pursue? You suggest maybe yes for KC, only after Andy has exhausted all other planned releases (all eras, not just WWII) in the near future. Again, you’re probably right.
The irony is that other manufacturers may see an opportunity to exploit this interest in an area that Andy started (DAK & Eighth Army) and had good or modest profitability. Frankly, I consider Sicily/ Italy campaigns as an extension of the North African campaigns. I believe there is growing interest in these theaters of operations because of KC and I believe they will be far more profitable than the Pacific but less then Normandy but they will be success.
Time well tell.
Carlos
) and YES, you are right - I forgot the DD44 - which are the Four GI Tank Riders - but, three out of the four have the wrong helmut - just like the DD33 and 43.
