War Room XIX: Battle of Ap Bac 1963 is out for Patrons! (Patreon)

This was actually a really fun video to make. The history is super interesting, the tactical history of what went on the day is fascinating and it's from an era where there's a lot of visual material- photographs, maps etc- to incorporate into the video. Though I'm not 100% happy with the air-assault arrows...

Anyway, the flying bananas referenced earlier are the H-21 (or CH-21) Shawnee, used by the US to support the ARVN in Vietnam, so called because... they look like great big flying bananas:

 Of course, it's the early days of air assault and the H-21 had a lot of problems- not least that it was designed for much colder environments and lost a lot of lift capacity in the warmer, more humid environment of SE Asia. Plus, at the tactical-technical, only having a single door on one side of the aircraft to pile out of when you get to the LZ is a bit of a problem.

With that out of the way I've gotten stuck into Semper Fi Syria Mission 11. I strongly suspect this is the penultimate mission of the campaign... it feels like it now that I'm about 75% of the way through. Bit of a grind, not necessarily that much fun- though whether that's a function of map size, terrain, patented Hapless planning failure or a combination thereof is up for debate.

At least I'll have a video justifying my reluctance to engage in urban warfare!

On the other side of that mission we're back to a Unit Guide. No ideas as of yet- I'd even have to check whether we've got a WW2 or Modern unit next in line- but that's the plan.