A Flak Corps (German: Flakkorps, also spelt Flak-Korps) was a massed anti-aircraft (AA) artillery formation employed by the Luftwaffe for anti-aircraft...
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Scherzer as commander of the I./Flak-Regiment 25. According to Scherzer as Major of the Reserves and commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 1. According...
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Walther von Axthelm (category German Army personnel of World War I)
Iron Cross on 4 September 1941 as Generalmajor and commander of the I. Flak-Korps Scherzer 2007, p. 196. Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger...
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Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940. In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28...
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Pioneer Battalion. Flakpanzer I (2 cm Flak 38 auf Pz.Kpfw.I Ausf.A) An anti-aircraft conversion of Ausf.A tanks mounting a Flak 38 anti-aircraft cannon. A...
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List of German brigades in World War II (redirect from 1st Flak Brigade)
The army flak artillery (Heeresflakartillerie) had become its own branch of the Wehrmacht artillery on 15 June 1941,: 191 after first army flak artillery...
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Fliegerkorps Tunis I Jagdkorps II Jagdkorps I Flak Corps II Flak Corps III Flak Corps IV Flak Corps V Flak Corps VI Flak Corps I Parachute Corps II Parachute...
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Hitler to dispatch aircraft to Sicily, and a blocking force (the Afrika Korps) to support their ally in the North Africa campaign. This blocking force...
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vehicle that mounted the 8.8 cm (3.5 in) KwK 36 gun (derived from the 8.8 cm Flak 36, the famous "eighty-eight" feared by Allied troops). 1,347 were built...
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Wolfgang Pickert (category German Army personnel of World War I)
Generalmajor and commander of 9. Flak-Division (mot.) 489th Oak Leaves on 5 June 1944 as Generalmajor and commander of III. Flak-Korps Adam, Wilhelm; Ruhle, Otto...
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in the I. Luftwaffen-Feld-Korps Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 24 January 1945 as Generalmajor and commander of 18. Flak-Division Patzwall & Scherzer...
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pool of hand-picked personnel. In October 1944, it was assigned to XXVII Korps of the Fourth Army and sent to the vicinity of Gumbinnen. They fought at...
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Major Knoche Sicherheit Regiment 26 Bataillon I Bataillon II MG Bataillon 30 FlaK Abteilung 688 Bataillon I Bataillon II Hermann Göering Schule Regiment...
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Otto Deßloch (category German Army personnel of World War I)
Cross on 24 June 1940 as Generalmajor and commanding general of the II. Flak-Korps 470th Oak Leaves on 10 May 1944 as Generaloberst and commander in chief...
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Erwin Rommel (category German Army personnel of World War I)
February 1941, Rommel was appointed commander of the new Afrika Korps (Deutsches Afrika Korps; DAK), consisting of the 5th Light Division (later renamed 21st...
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between the German and Soviet occupation zones of Poland; forming part II. Flak-Korps of Panzergruppe von Kleist. Organization as of 15 June 1941: Regimental...
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1st Army Corps (France) (redirect from French I Corps)
order to encircle the German LXIII. Armeekorps (the former IV. Luftwaffe Korps). This maneuver succeeded on November 28, 1944, and resulted in the capture...
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Barbasetti Panzerarmee Afrika Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel Deutsches Afrika Korps Generalleutnant Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma 15th Panzer Division (Generalmajor...
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Kampfgruppe (section Flak-Kampftrupps (Late War))
be attached to the Panzerkampfgruppe. Flak-Kampftrupps were mixed units which combined two or more heavy Flak pieces and light auto-cannons. While the...
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in July 1942, the Eighth Army was able to stop the advance of the Afrika Korps at the First Battle of El Alamein. Shortages in equipment, ammunition and...
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Battle of France (section Flak)
XIX Korps (Guderian) was to advance to the French border with Switzerland and trap the French forces in the Vosges Mountains while the XVI Korps attacked...
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the Sollum-Musaid-Capuzzo area) Korps troops Two regiments Italian artillery (stationed at Bardia) One regiment FlaK (88 mm guns) The 4th Armoured Brigade...
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Tanks in the German Army (section World War I)
German Army (sSSPzAbt 101). Tiger I was armed with a powerful 88 mm (3.46 in) gun (originally developed from 88mm Flak 36 L/56 gun) that made it a very...
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preparations of 2nd SS Panzer Korps however meant these were repelled as they weren't properly supported by the XII SS Korps, even though they carried out...
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Operation Anaconda (redirect from Battle of Shah-i-Kot)
Special Air Service Regiment and the New Zealand Special Air Service, Dutch Korps Commandotroepen and the Danish special forces from Jægerkorpset. these teams...
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shell existed but was not issued).[citation needed] When the German Afrika Korps arrived in North Africa, the 88 mm anti-aircraft gun was again pressed into...
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anti-aircraft crews did not expect to become embroiled in fighting as per III Flak Korps policy, and their direct involvement occasionally took some persuasion...
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Digital Reality Software's Walker 2 engine. Desert Rats vs. Afrika Korps (aka. Afrika Korps vs. Desert Rats) (2004) D-Day (2004) 1944: Battle of the Bulge...
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Broich/von Manteuffel 11 Nov. 1942 – 31 Jan. 1943. 1a Kriegstagebuch, XC Korps, 16 Nov. - 7 Dec. 1942. Schlacht und Gefechtskalender 1943 Oberkommando...
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(2004) [1st. pub. HMSO 1962]. Butler, J.R.M (ed.). Victory in the West, Volume I: The Battle of Normandy. History of the Second World War United Kingdom Military...
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