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	Deutsches Afrika Korps
		Light Afrika Division was at first a partially motorized infantry division and never had any tanks at all.
		Various German divisions in Africa occasionally reorganized or re-equipped without a change of name, or conversely were redesignated with a new name without any substantial reorganization.
		Panzer Division was reformed as a Panzergrenadier[?] division, and renumbered as the 115
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/af/Afrika_Korps.html (676 words)

	Deutsches Afrikakorps - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Afrika Korps was formed, on February 19, 1941, after OKW had decided to send an expeditionary force to Libya to support the Italian army, which had been routed by an Allied counteroffensive, Operation Compass.
		In the spring the 5th Light Division was joined by the 15th Panzer Division, though it did not arrive until Rommel had already re-taken most of Cyrenaica and gone back over to the defensive.
		On October 1, 1941, the German 5th Light Division was redesignated as the 21st Panzer Division, still attached to the Afrika Korps.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Afrika_Korps (877 words)

	Staffordshire Yeomanry from Alamein to Tunis
		At last light on the 29th the Notts Yeomanry were heavily attacked by enemy tanks and the Staffordshire Yeomanry at once moved across to their support, although in the gathering darkness it was difficult to identify and engage the targets.
		Although the Maoris of the Division fought their way to the top and held on there in the face of a tremendous fire, there was little real progress, and the days followed each other with largely fruitless local attacks by the armour, each time driven off by well-placed anti- tank guns in the hills.
		Only the 90th Light Division was holding out now and, after a concentrated attack by Bostons on their positions in the hills, the white flags of surrender could be seen.
	www.warchronicle.com /staffsyeo/historiantales_wwii/northafricareg.htm (8848 words)

	Desert warfare: German experiences in World War II
		Prerequisite was that such German officers be induced to contribute who had had as broad as possible a view in the conduct of overall operations, who possessed practical combat experience, and, furthermore, who had exact knowledge of as many factors as possible that exerted a determining influence on desert warfare.
		Apart from the Italian 5th Division, one German division, and the GHQ artillery besieging Tobruk, Rommel had available for operational employment: 2 German armored divisions, with roughly 360 serviceable tanks; I Italian armored division, with roughly 150 inferior tanks; and 1 Italian motorized division, the efficiency of which was also limited.
		German units that required a period of rehabilitation, namely, the 164th Light African Division and the Parachute Instruction Brigade, were employed for this purpose as well as rear elements of the German Africa Corps and native labor, all under the direction of the commander of the 164th Light African Division.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/Toppe/toppe.asp (20335 words)

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		While the Deutsches Afrika Korps (DAK) and Rommel typically tend to embody the forces that fought in this theater, the war in North Africa was in fact a Wehrmacht effort undertaken by the combined armed services of the Heer (not all of which was part of the Afrika Korps), the Luftwaffe, and the Kreigsmarine.
		The Axis plan was slow to develop primarily because Rommel, using the Luftwaffe, the 90th Light Division and the Italian Ariete Armored Division, was unable to quickly defeat the Free French forces defending Bir Hacheim in his rear.
		However, as in the past, the fighting was characterized by the cyclic build up of forces (Rommel received the 164th Light Division, the Ramcke Brigade and gliders to augment his overworked Ju-52 transport force) and another change of command on the Allied side (Auchinleck was replaced by Montgomery).
	www.wehrmacht-awards.com /campaign_awards/cufftitles/afrika_files/campaign.htm (2876 words)

	Battle of El-Alamein
		The three Divisional commander of 30 Corps had little confidence in the early breakout by the armour, the facts being in the open desert it is impossible to mask the signs of an offensive.
		He drove, unescorted, to the 90th light to try and find out what was going on.
		The 7th Armored Division was brought up from the south and the New Zealanders were taken out of the line.
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	World War II
		Part of the Division was sent ahead, and were attacked by the French while trying to cross a bridge.
		Divisions were able to counterattack, and hold their positions.
		Light Division, and some Italian troops, but it was not as much as he asked for.
	www.angelfire.com /ego/bob_team/rommel/World_War_II.htm (1493 words)

	Erwin Rommel
		In preparations for German Invasion of Low Countries and France, codenamed Fall Gelb, Rommel's 7th Panzer Division became the part of 15th Panzer Corps, which was positioned, in the central sector.
		Deutsches Afrika Korps was to consist of two divisions and was destined for North Africa (Western Desert) to aid Germany's Italian ally in their struggle against the British.
		At the same time, 5th Leichte (Panzer) Division was redesignated as 21st Panzer Division and additional 90th Light Division was transferred to Afrika Korps.
	www.germandaggers.info /rommel.htm (3150 words)

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		The Germans had opened fire at 2,000 yards from behind a screen of anti-tank guns, and in due time the 15th Panzer was abreast of the high ground overlooking the airfield.
		Afrika Korps infantry and Sümmermann’s Afrika Division would attack the Sidi Rezegh escarpment from the north, in support of this move.
		The German armor was within ten yards of the British tanks before they recognized them as such, and after a short skirmish lit up by flares and burning tanks, 150 men, 17 officers and 35 tanks were captured.
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	Afrika Korps:
		The Afrika Korps was formed, on February 19, 1941, after the German Armed Forces High Command (OKW) had decided to send an expeditionary force to Libya to support the Italian army, which had been routed by an Allied counteroffensive, Operation Compass.
		In the spring the 5th Light Division was joined by the 15th Panzer Division, though it did not arrive until after Rommel had made a counter-offensive and re-taken most of Cyrenaica and gone back over to the defensive.
		On August 15 Panzer Group Africa was activated with Rommel in command, and command of the Afrika Korps was turned over to Ludwig Crüwell.
	straightworldbank.com /wiki/Afrika_Korps (788 words)

	World War 2 Timelines - War in the Desert 1941 - Worldwar-2.net
		The Germans capture Sidi Barrani, Sollum and the Halfaya Pass in Libya as the Eighth Army retreats to Mersa Matruh in Egypt.
		British disarray increases as German advance units mix with British rear units which are reatreating as fast as possible for the relative safety of the El Alamein defensive position.
		German troops occupy the port of Bizerte in Tunisia.
	www.worldwar-2.net /timelines/war-in-the-desert/war-in-the-desert-index-1942.htm (2706 words)

	Panzer Army Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On August 15 1941 Panzer Group Africa was activated with Rommel in command, and command of the Afrika Korps was turned over to Ludwig Crüwell.
		Panzer Group Africa was redesignated as Panzer Army Africa (Panzerarmee Afrika) on January 30 1942.
		In February 1943 the headquarters was upgraded to Army Group Africa (Heeresgruppe Afrika) to manage the defense of Tunisia during the final stages of the North African Campaign, its combat units – including the Afrika Korps – were turned over to the Italian First Army.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_Panzer_Army_Africa (591 words)

	Combat Mission: Afrika Korps
		Fifth Light Division was formed from a cadre of the Third Panzer Division, and contingents of the division arrived in Tripoli in February 1941.
		The division saw much combat as part of the Afrika Korps in the ensuing six months, and on 1 October 1941 the division was reorganized and renamed 21st Panzer Division.
		The division was placed in reserve during the Tunisian fighting, but in March was twice thrown into action, and with the rest of the Axis forces left in North Africa fought on to the bitter end, surrendering to British forces at 1250 hrs on the 9th of May.
	members.shaw.ca /madorosh/divsger.htm (340 words)

	World War II Plus 55 - June 5th and 6th , 1942
		The Foreign Legionnaire on guard is a German and he gives the Afrika Korps officer some choice vocabulary.
		German Infantry of the 90th Light Division try to attack, but are stopped 1,500 yards away by French 75 mms and mortars.
		Rommel is down to 120 German and 60 Italian tanks, but is determined to destroy Bir Hacheim, securing his flank, before pressing on to crush the British 8th Army.
	www.usswashington.com /dl05ju42.htm (1349 words)

	Case Study: Rommel in North Africa
		The 3rd Recon Battalion and 5th Light Division routed the British 2nd Armored Division screening El Agheila and, with Italian armor, advanced eastward across the desert.
		The Afrika Korps was now reinforced to three divisions: the 5th Light, 15th Panzer, and 90th Light, plus an Italian division.
		The German and Italian armor succeeded in turning the southern flank, however the Free French defending the southern fortress refused to fall.
	www.cs.hmc.edu /~dhamm/wargames/rommel.html (1332 words)

	German Africa Corps (Erwin Rommel) WW2
		In the spring the 5th Light Division was joined by the 15th Panzer Division, though it did not arrive until Rommel had already re-taken most of Cyrenicia and gone back over to the defensive.
		On February 23 1943 Panzer Army Afrika was redesignated as the 1st Italian Army and put under the command of an Italian general, while Rommel was placed in command of a new Army Group Afrika created to control both the 1st Italian Army and the 5th Panzer Army.
		The 90th Light Division was reformed as the 90th Panzergrenadier Division.
	www.battle-fleet.com /pw/his/africacorps.htm (877 words)

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		The combatants on the Axis side were the Panzer Army Afrika, consisting of German and Italian units and commanded by the "Desert Fox" Colonel-General Erwin Rommel; the Allied forces were the Eighth Army, commanded by Major General Neil Ritchie under the close supervision of the Commander-in-Chief Middle East, General Sir Claude Auchinleck.
		Following Rommel's attack in January 1942, the Allies had retreated across Libya to a strong position on a line between the fortified port of Tobruk on the Mediterranean coast and the town of Bir Hakeim to the south.
		On May 27 Rommel personally led elements of Panzer Army Afrika – the Afrika Korps, the Italian XX Motorized Corps, and the German 90th Light Afrika Division – in a brilliant but risky flank around the southern end of the Allied lines, trusting to the enemy's own minefields to protect his flank and rear.
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Battle_of_Gazala (708 words)

	German: Ch. 2, Artillery in the Desert, Military Intelligence Service, Special Series No. 6, November 1942 ...
		The German varies his organization and the relative strengths of different arms in any force to suit the particular terrain, the nature of the hostile defense, and the missions.
		Throughout the Libyan campaigns the 90th Light Division has operated in the closest conjunction with the 15th and 21st Armored Divisions and has furnished the larger portion of the infantry component of the German "Afrika Korps." In its recently reorganized form, the strength of the division has been estimated at around 12,000 officers and men.
		The division has a tank battalion and probably between 2,000 and 3,000 motor vehicles.
	www.lonesentry.com /manuals/artillery-in-the-desert/german.html (605 words)

	I have a question for the cc community - Close Combat Org Forums
		It was formed by German divisions in a separate Army Corps, who fight under nominaly Italian command, in the start of the campaign in Feb 41.
		In this initial stage he had the 5th Light Division, later to be reformed as the 21st Panzer Division.
		The Italians were regarded by the Germans much like the Americans were by the Brits early in the war; poor troops to be used as cannon fodder....
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	Today in History: Afrika Korps German Panzer formed [02/20/41]
		The Afrika Korps was formed on February 12, 1941 after the German Armed Forces High Command (OKW) had decided to send an expeditionary force to Libya to support the Italian army, which had been routed by an Allied counteroffensive, Operation Compass.
		In the spring the 5th Light Division was joined by the 15th Panzer Division, though it did not arrive until after Rommel had made a counter-offensive and re-taken most of Cyrenaica and gone back over to the defensive.
		At this time the Afrika Korps consisted of the two divisions plus various smaller supporting units, and was officially subordinated to the Italian chain of command in Africa (though Rommel had conducted his offensive without any authorization).
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-chat/1787314/posts (873 words)

	NORTH AFRICA ORGANIZATIONS GERMAN FORCES GAZALA MAY, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		German Tanks: It appears that the Afrika Korps was largely rearmed with PzKw IIIJ1s and a very few PzKw IIIJ2s before the Gazala Campaign.
		Reduce the infantry in the 90th Light Divison by one infantry stand per company.
		Remove the 50L60 AT guns from the engineer companies of the 15th, 21st and 90th divisions and give them only one 50L60 AT gun per battalion (in the battalion headquarters).
	ourworld.cs.com /Baileyglasco/jeff/GazalaGer4.htm (352 words)

	The House of Ice: Erwin Rommel Jr.
		The German Empire was declared in 1871 in the victorious aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War.
		On Jan. 22, Panzer Gruppe Afrika was elevated to Panzerarmee Afrika.
		On February 1st, the division attacked and seized the Faid pass, an east-west pass through the mountains known as the Eastern Dorsale which ran from north to south parallel to the coast and some seventy miles inland, in central Tunisia.
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	Combat Mission: Afrika Korps
		The DAK fought alongside its Italian allies, and in time, other German forces moved to Africa in addition; by the time of the surrender in 1943, the DAK was only a part of a much larger German-Italian presence in Africa known as Panzerarmee Afrika.
		The DAK consisted of 5th Light Division (later renamed 21st Panzer Division) and 15th Panzer Division, as well as corps troops.
		In addition to the DAK, the Panzer Group also commanded the 90th Light Division and six Italian Divisions; XX Corps (with Ariete and Trieste Divisions), XXI Corps (with Pavia, Bologna and Brescia Divisions) and the Savona Division.
	members.shaw.ca /madorosh/orggerman.htm (323 words)

	Churchill Debates Libyan Operations and Bombing Germany in the House of Commons
		On the night of 26th-27th May the German Afrika Korps carried out its part of the plan and passed to the south of Bir Hacheim, moving north with great rapidity towards Acroma, and also towards the old battlefields of El Duda and Sidi Rezegh, which were actually reached by some of its most forward troops.
		The full brunt of the enemy initial advance to the east of Bir Hacheim was taken by the 3rd Indian Motor Brigade Group, which was overborne by sheer weight of metal, but not until after it had inflicted heavy losses on the enemy and seriously impeded his advance.
		In fact, I may say as the year advances German cities, harbours and centres of war production will be subjected to an ordeal the like of which has never been experienced by any country in continuity, severity or magnitude.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/ww2/churchill060242.html (1749 words)

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		On the night of 26th-27th May the German Afrika Korps carried out its part of the plan and passed to the south of Bir Hacheim, moving north with great rapidity towards Acroma, and also towards the old battlefields of El Duda and Sidi Rezegh, which were actually reached by some of its most forward troops.
		The full brunt of the enemy initial advance to the east of Bir Hacheim was taken by the 3rd Indian Motor Brigade Group, which was overborne by sheer weight of metal, but not until after it had inflicted heavy losses on the enemy and seriously impeded his advance.
		In fact, I may say as the year advances German cities, harbours and centres of war production will be subjected to an ordeal the like of which has never been experienced by any country in continuity, severity or magnitude.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/policy/1942/420602b.html (1764 words)

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		The Afrika Corps (DAK) uniform SD M1940 Tropical trousers are made in olive green cotton twill fabric and have tapes to allow the trouser bottoms to be pulled tight at the ankles.
		The Afrika Corps(DAK) Deutshes Afrikakorp uniform M1940 tropical shirt are made in light olive cotton drill, it is a pullover shirt with 4 small plastic buttons.
		The Afrika Corps(DAK) uniform M1940 standard tropical greatcoat is made in deep chocolate brown wool, in same pattern as the continental version with two rows of six field-gray buttons, a back half-belt secured by two buttons, turn back cuffs.
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	Avalanche Press
		One of the rare German generals who spoke Italian fluently, Ramcke seems to have been even rarer in enjoying a genuine mutual liking and respect with his Italian colleagues.
		Ramcke’s troops fought in mixed battle groups alongside Folgore battalions and battalions from the Italian Brescia Division and the German 90th Light Division.
		The American landings in Normandy in 1944 found him again serving under Rommel with his division, and he commanded German troops in Brest after that key port was surrounded by the Americans.
	www.avalanchepress.com /Ramcke.php?mode=print (830 words)

	German Cemetery at Al Alamein, Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The German Cemetery is a fortress-like memorial that was built on a high hill overlooking the sea.
		Most of the soldiers buried here are German Afrika Korps lead by General Erwin Rommel.
		In all, 21,994 German soldiers lost their lives in the three years of the North African campaigns of WW II.
	touregypt.net /germancemetery.htm (79 words)

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