• (Panzergruppe Afrika, Gruppo Corazzato Africa) August 1941 – January 1942; German-Italian force Panzer Army Africa, (Panzerarmee Afrika, Armata Corazzata...
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    fought by the Panzerarmee Afrika (Armata Corazzata Africa in Italian), a German–Italian military force in North Africa which included the Afrika Korps (Generalleutnant...
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    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 borders...
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    German component of Panzerarmee Afrika, which was later renamed the Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee and finally renamed Heeresgruppe Afrika (Army Group Africa)...
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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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    Tobruk in Libya, from 26 May to 21 June 1942. Axis troops of the Panzerarmee Afrika (Generaloberst Erwin Rommel) consisting of German and Italian units...
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    Generale Di Corpo D' Armata Curio Barbasetti Panzerarmee Afrika Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel Deutsches Afrika Korps Generalleutnant Wilhelm Ritter von...
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    Alamein during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Panzerarmee Afrika (Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel), attempted an envelopment of 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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    were the Eighth Army (British and New Zealand units) and the Panzer Armee Afrika (German and Italian units) Lieutenant-general Bernard Montgomery XIII Corps...
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    (Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery) defeated the German–Italian Panzerarmee Afrika and forced its remnants into Tunisia. After Operation Torch, the Anglo-American...
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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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    of Panzerarmee Afrika (combined German and Italian forces), with Ritter von Thoma replacing the wounded Walther Nehring as commander of the Afrika Korps...
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    near Ajedabia and lost 61 of 90 tanks, vs. seven German tanks lost. Panzerarmee Afrika began Operation Theseus on 21 January and defeated the 2nd Armoured...
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    reinforcements from Europe. General Erwin Rommel, de facto field commander of Panzerarmee Afrika in North Africa, recognised its importance quickly. In May 1941, he...
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    June 1942, over 18,000 British khaki uniforms were captured; the Panzerarmee Afrika, perennially short of supplies, issued this store of shirts, shorts...
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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 would...
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    tactics (especially charging anti-tank guns), but finally forced the Panzerarmee Afrika to withdraw to El Agheila in Central Libya. In spring 1942, Rommel...
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  • platoon was transferred to the Kampfstaffel des Oberbefehlshaber Panzerarmee Afrika (Rommel's personal battle group) on 8 March 1942. Only one vehicle...
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  • and between ports along the Libyan coast to support the advance of Panzerarmee Afrika into Egypt. In September 1942, another forty MZs (761–800) were ordered...
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    departed from Messina and Naples. Allied intelligence also learned that Panzerarmee Afrika in Egypt believed that the convoy was a threat to Tobruk. Kesselring...
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    Bernard Montgomery, had the opportunity to conclusively defeat the Panzerarmee Afrika under Erwin Rommel, since Rommel was at the end of enormously stretched...
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    Tobruk, where the Panzerarmee had begun its retirement seven weeks earlier. At the Battle of Gazala (26 May – 21 June), Panzerarmee Afrika attacked first...
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  • behind British lines. As Rommel's advance was imminent, messages from Panzerarmee Afrika had priority in deciphering and analysis, and there were several days...
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  • Sonderkommando Blaich successfully bombs the Fort Lamy air field Panzerarmee Afrika begins Operation Theseus 23 January: Agedabia captured by Axis forces...
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  • Aus dem Führerhauptquartier, 19. Sept. 1941 General Rommel und die Panzerarmee Afrika Deutsche Schlachtschiffe brechen durch den Kanal Winterkrieg 1941/1942...
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    mobile units would attack their flanks and rear. On 30 June, Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika approached the Alamein position. The Axis forces were exhausted and...
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    jüdisch-nationalen Heimstätte in Palästina.' Das Einsatzkommando bei der Panzerarmee Afrika 1942", Deutsche, Juden, Völkermord. Der Holocaust als Geschichte und...
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    Tobruk, where Panzerarmee had begun its retirement seven weeks earlier. At the Battle of Gazala (26 May – 21 June), Panzerarmee Afrika attacked first...
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  • September 5, 1942 Second Battle of El Alamein British Eighth Army, Panzerarmee Afrika, Italian Army Africa October 24 – November 4, 1942 Sicily campaign...
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