--- Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Haha not to begrudge your chance to do so...!
Of course what I meant by "large cavalry units" was of course traditional horse cavalry (which still had a role in WWII; both the Germans and the Soviets deployed divisions/brigades of horse cavalry, as well as some of the lesser allies. IIRC the last cavalry charge in history was done by the Italians...)
Damon.
I believe this may be the only time I will _ever_ catch Damon on military history :-)
I'm pretty sure the last cavalry charge in history (so far) was conducted by Americans in Afghanistan in 2001 :-)
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Just to nitpick on a Sunday morning....
The last *traditional* cavalry charge to date was in August 1942, when the Italian Army's Savoy Cavalry with 600 troopers charged with sabers and grenades, and routed a Soviet Army unit that was 3 times their number in southern Ukraine.
john
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