• (German: 1. Panzerarmee) was a German tank army that was a large armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II. When originally formed on 1 March...
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  • Army Africa, (Panzerarmee Afrika, Armata Corazzata Africa) January–October 1942 German-Italian Panzer Army, (Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee, Armata Corazzata...
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  • Iron Cross on 14 May 1944 as Oberst i.G. and Chef der Generalstab of 1.Panzerarmee Fellgiebel 2000, p. 352. Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die...
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    Military. ISBN 978-1-78159-396-7. McCormack, David (2017). The Berlin 1945 Battlefield Guide:: Part 1: The Battle of the Oder-Neisse, Part 1. Stroud: Fonthill...
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    1930. In this position, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 1 October 1932. From 1 November 1933, Mackensen was made chief of the staff of the General...
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    Pz. A.O.K. 1. Anlage 5 zu 850/44 g.Kdos Pz. Offz. b. Chef GenStdH. Betr.: Stellungsnahmen zum Zustandsbericht der 1. Panzerarmee. Stand: 1.6.44....
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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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    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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    Troops Walter Nehring Preceded by Generalorberst Hans Hube Commander of 1. Panzerarmee 21 April 1944–July, 1944 Succeeded by — Preceded by General of Panzer...
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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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    and susceptible to illness. The Panzerarmee had only 180 mi (290 km) of fuel per vehicle. By 27 October, the Panzerarmee was down to 114 German tanks and...
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  • The 2nd Panzer Army (German: 2. Panzerarmee) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 2nd Panzer Group on October 5, 1941...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Settentrionale (Delease): Generale Di Corpo D' Armata Curio Barbasetti Panzerarmee Afrika Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel Deutsches Afrika Korps Generalleutnant...
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    could not follow. Night Reconnaissance Group 15, attached to the 4th Panzerarmee in southern Poland during late 1944, carried out nocturnal reconnaissance...
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    Commands Commander of the SS-Regiment "Deutschland" 1 June 1936 to 1 December 1940 1 December 1940 to 1 January 1943 Commander of SS-Germania Division (mot)...
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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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  • Panzer Army (German: 3. Panzerarmee) was a German armoured formation during World War II, formed from the 3rd Panzer Group on 1 January 1942. The 3rd Panzer...
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    Panzer Army (German: 4. Panzerarmee), operating as Panzer Group 4 (Panzergruppe 4) from its formation on 15 February 1941 to 1 January 1942, was a German...
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    The 6th Panzer Army (German: 6. Panzerarmee) was a formation of the German Army, formed in the autumn of 1944. The 6th Panzer Army was first used as an...
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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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    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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    February 1945 as General der Panzertruppe and commander-in-chief of 5. Panzerarmee Searle, Alaric (2003). Wehrmacht Generals, West German Society, and the...
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    The retreat of Panzer Army Africa (known as the Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee/Armata Corazzata Italo-Tedesca from October 1942) took place from 5 November...
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    Alamein during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Panzerarmee Afrika (Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel), attempted an envelopment...
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