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To: TigerPaw who wrote (237873)3/14/2002 11:21:07 AM
From: Bald Eagle  Respond to of 769670
 
RE:It could also be that their mountainous habitat was not conducive for any of the european wars.

That's true too. It would be relatively easy to stop any large force trying to invade along narrow mountain roads.
My nephew who was in Bosnia with the RAF said the Nato forces had similar problems there. Whole army divisions were stopped by a couple of well placed guerillas.