• 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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  • 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 Corps...
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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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  • "Steamroller Farm", the Germans withdrew. Following the defeat of Rommel's Afrika Korps in the Western Desert by British and Commonwealth forces at the battle of...
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  • Hoffmann von Waldau, who led the German air support to the German Afrika Korps campaign during the winter of 1941–1942. The aircraft flown by these commanders...
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    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 Commanders of Afrika Korps)
    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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    Barbasetti Panzerarmee Afrika Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel Deutsches Afrika Korps Generalleutnant Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma 90th Light Afrika Division (Generalmajor...
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  • Kriegstagebuch, XC Korps, 16 Nov. - 7 Dec. 1942. Schlacht und Gefechtskalender 1943 Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) Heeres-Verordnungsblatt (H.V.) 1943....
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    Africa with Erwin Rommel's renowned Afrika Korps from early 1941. Most of the Panzer IIIs with the Afrika Korps were equipped with the (short-barrelled)...
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    to North Africa but remained in Sicily due to the collapse of the Afrika Korps. It was not long before it saw action again, this time in Sicily. As the...
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  • Allworden SS-Panzer-Pionier-Abteilung 9, SS-Hauptsturmführer Hans Möller SS-FlaK-Abteilung 9, Obersturmfürer Gropp SS Pionier Lehr Abteilung 9 SS-Feldgendarmerie-Trupp...
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    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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    Berlin". Therefore a legal presentation via the command chain (LVI Panzer Korps – Combat commander of Berlin (General Helmuth Weidling) – Chief of the Heerespersonalamt...
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    around Tel el Aqqaqir. His mobile forces (XX Corps, Afrika Korps, 90th Light Division and 19th Flak Division) were ordered to make a fighting withdrawal while...
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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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  • 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 rare...
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  • campaign is now known in the anglophone world as the Battle of Britain. Afrika Korps – the German force commanded by Erwin Rommel, known as the "Wüstenfuchs"...
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    Laotian Civil War and Vietnam War.  Liberia  Netherlands: Introduced to the Korps Mariniers in 1943 with the creation of the Mariniersbrigade. Known as the...
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    February 1941 to November 1942, the Ariete fought alongside the German Afrika Korps in the Western Desert Campaign. The Ariete was assigned on 15 August 1941...
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    units received training as anti-aircraft units and were deployed as RAD Flak Batteries. Several RAD units also performed combat on the eastern front as...
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    leader of the 5./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 505 (deployable) and leader of an anti-aircraft armoured train (makeshift) of the 9. Flak-Division. According to...
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    Generalkommando III. Pz.Korps. NARA T314, R213, F000495. Tätigkeitsbericht der Abt.Qu./Be. vom 1.1.-30.6.1944, Gen.Kdo. III. Pz. Korps. NARA T314, R213, F000768...
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    Luftwaffe in Mittelitalien (central Italy) and commander of the Nahkampf-Korps (close quarters combat corps) of Luftflotte 2. According to Fellgiebel name...
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    Panzer IV (redirect from Panzer IV/70(V))
    Although the Panzer IV was deployed to North Africa with the German Afrika Korps, until the longer gun variant began production, the tank was outperformed...
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    between 16 and 19 April 1945 and approved by the commander of the IV. SS-Korps Herbert Otto Gille. Missing is the approval from the 6. Armee and Heeresgruppe...
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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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    elements of the Afrika Korps and the Italian XX Motorised Corps participated and during the day the bulk of the Afrika Korps moved north, to give the...
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    met unexpected resistance, especially from elements of the II SS Panzer Korps. Only a small force was able to reach the Arnhem road bridge while the main...
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