Panzer Army Africa (redirect from Panzerarmee Afrika)
The Panzerarmee Afrika, referred to as Gruppo Corazzato Africa in Italy, was a combined German-Italian field army that fought in the North African campaign...
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5th Panzer Army (German: 5. Panzerarmee) was the name of two different German armoured formations during World War II. The first of these was formed in...
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(Wahlkreis #24, to 1933), Upper Bavaria (#25, to 1936) and Frankfurt/Oder (#5, to 1945). By 1931, Dietrich had been promoted to SS-Gruppenführer. When the...
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February 1945 as General der Panzertruppe and commander-in-chief of 5. Panzerarmee Searle, Alaric (2003). Wehrmacht Generals, West German Society, and...
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also prompted the subsequent German counter-attack at Arracourt by the 5. Panzerarmee. Cole, Hugh M., The Lorraine Campaign, Washington D.C.: United States...
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Generalleutnant and commander of Kampfgruppe/Stab Heeresgruppe Afrika, stellv. Führer 5.Panzer-Armee Andreas Schulz, Günter Wegmann, Dieter Zinke: Die Generale der...
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2nd Panzer Army (redirect from 2. Panzerarmee)
Panzer Army (German: 2. Panzerarmee) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 2nd Panzer Group on October 5, 1941. Panzer Group...
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May – 11 June against Axis forces of Panzerarmee Afrika commanded by Generaloberst Erwin Rommel. The Panzerarmee captured Tobruk ten days later. The delay...
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Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. The sequential number "150" was assigned by the Association of Knight's...
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1,200–1,500 men each. By 5 July, the number of serviceable German tanks fell to around thirty. After a lull, the Panzerarmee planned to attack again,...
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of Tobruk in Libya, from 26 May to 21 June 1942. Axis troops of the Panzerarmee Afrika (Generaloberst Erwin Rommel) consisting of German and Italian...
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opened his offensive against the Axis forces. In a 13-day battle the Axis Panzerarmee Afrika was crushed and forced to retreat from Egypt and Libya to the...
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PanzerArmee Afrika, subtitled "Rommel in the Desert, April 1941 - November 1942", is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI)...
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The 1st Panzer Army (German: 1. Panzerarmee) was a German tank army that was a large armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II. When originally...
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campaign in Libya during the Second World War. The battle was fought by the Panzerarmee Afrika (Armata Corazzata Africa in Italian), a German–Italian military...
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was the major German component of Panzerarmee Afrika, which was later renamed the Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee and finally renamed Heeresgruppe Afrika...
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695 anti-aircraft guns). Further south, the front was held by the 4th Panzerarmee, which opposed the 1st Ukrainian Front. General Gotthard Heinrici replaced...
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briefed a few days before Rommel departed. He took overall command of Panzerarmee Afrika (combined German and Italian forces), with Ritter von Thoma replacing...
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5th Inf Div 15th Inf Div 11th Armd Div The 3rd Panzer Army (German: 3. Panzerarmee) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the...
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April 1942 as SS-Gruppenführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS with the 5. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Wiking" Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with...
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isolated, requiring attempts by the German Armeeabteilung Kempf and 4th Panzerarmee Armies to relieve the garrison which was ordered by Hitler to defend...
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Anglo-Americans landed in Morocco and Algeria during Operation Torch and Panzerarmee Afrika, as it was now called, was threatened with annihilation, as it...
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War. The battle was fought with the German–Italian Panzer Army Afrika (Panzerarmee Afrika (Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel). The Eighth Army comprised...
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the Sonderkommando Blaich successfully bombs the Fort Lamy air field Panzerarmee Afrika begins Operation Theseus 23 January: Agedabia captured by Axis...
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Battle of Alam el Halfa (section 5 September)
between 30 August and 5 September 1942 south of El Alamein during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Panzerarmee Afrika (Generalfeldmarschall...
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p. 265 Clark (1965), p. 266 "4. Panzerarmee". Axis History. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2021. "4. Panzerarmee". Axis History. 15 July 2013. Retrieved...
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23.10.42". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2021. "Rommel Panzerarmee Afrika #2". Issuu. 23 May 2012. "La Posta...
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May 1945". The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. Seibold was a member of the AKCR. According to Scherzer on 18 July 1943...
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1942. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-1630-5. Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes...
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The 4th Panzer Army (German: 4. Panzerarmee), operating as Panzer Group 4 (Panzergruppe 4) from its formation on 15 February 1941 to 1 January 1942, was...
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