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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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 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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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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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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Glossary of German military terms (section V)
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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