February 1997 Fighting in Southern Germany

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I can't say I've done much work in the far south of Germany, but I've noticed a few things from reading the various vehicle guides and the v1 chronology. Fourth US Army appears to be based in Austria in July 2000. (Forgive me if I'm misquoting. My manuals are on the other side of a big pile of office junk at the moment.) We know NATO tries to force the passes into Italy in late 1998 (I think). Presumably, then, NATO pushed the Italians out of southern Germany and back across western Austria. The Soviets appear to have forces in eastern Austria. I'd put money down that the Austrian Army is working actively with NATO. I won't speculate as to whether there are Hungarians or Czechoslovaks among the Pact units in eastern Austria. It does seem like a promising place for enterprising players, though.