A Flak Corps (German: Flakkorps, also spelt Flak-Korps) was a massed anti-aircraft (AA) artillery formation employed by the Luftwaffe for anti-aircraft...

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...

Iron Cross on 4 September 1941 as Generalmajor and commander of the I. Flak-Korps Scherzer 2007, p. 196. Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger...

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...

The army flak artillery (Heeresflakartillerie) had become its own branch of the Wehrmacht artillery on 15 June 1941,: 191  after first army flak artillery...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

order to encircle the German LXIII. Armeekorps (the former IV. Luftwaffe Korps). This maneuver succeeded on November 28, 1944, and resulted in the capture...

February 1941, Rommel was appointed commander of the new Afrika Korps (Deutsches Afrika Korps; DAK), consisting of the 5th Light Division (later renamed 21st...

Major Knoche Sicherheit Regiment 26 Bataillon I Bataillon II MG Bataillon 30 FlaK Abteilung 688 Bataillon I Bataillon II Hermann Göering Schule Regiment...

Barbasetti Panzerarmee Afrika Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel Deutsches Afrika Korps Generalleutnant Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma 15th Panzer Division (Generalmajor...

remaining Axis forces in North Africa. Reinforcements for the German Afrika Korps, Italian Army and Luftwaffe were dispatched by sea and air. These reinforcements...

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...

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...

the German Army (sSSPzAbt 101). Tiger I was armed with a powerful 88mm gun (originally developed from 88mm Flak 36 L/56 gun) that made it a very dangerous...

the Sollum-Musaid-Capuzzo area) Korps troops Two regiments Italian artillery (stationed at Bardia) One regiment FlaK (88 mm guns) The 4th Armoured Brigade...

be attached to the Panzerkampfgruppe. Flak-Kampftrupps were mixed units which combined two or more heavy Flak pieces and light auto-cannons. While the...

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...

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...

Special Air Service Regiment and the New Zealand Special Air Service, Dutch Korps Commandotroepen and the Danish special forces from Jægerkorpset. these teams...

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...

According to Scherzer as leader of the 5./gem. Flak-Abteilung 314 (deployable). According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann". Hans...

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...

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...

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...