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As the number of German armed forces committed to the North Africa Campaign of World War II grew from the initial commitment of a small corps the Germans developed a more elaborate command structure and placed the now larger Afrika Korps, with Italian units under this new German command structure, a session of different German commands were created to manage the Axis assets in Africa:

Rommel in Africa - Summer 1941
Rommel in Africa - Summer 1941

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Panzer Group Africa

After the initial campaign when Rommel was technically under the command of the Italians, the German Armed Forces High Command (German acronym OKW) created a larger command structure in Africa, creating a new headquarters called Panzer Group Africa (Panzergruppe Afrika). During World War II, the North African Campaign, also known as the Desert War, took place in the North African desert from June 10, 1940 World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The German Afrikakorps ( German: Deutsches Afrikakorps DAK) was the original German blocking force (Sperrverband = Armored Blocking Force in Libya Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 For other uses of OKW see OKW (disambiguation. The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ( OKW) ( English: "High Command On August 15 1941 Panzer Group Africa was activated with Rommel in command, and command of the Afrika Korps was turned over to Ludwig Crüwell. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed The German Afrikakorps ( German: Deutsches Afrikakorps DAK) was the original German blocking force (Sperrverband = Armored Blocking Force in Libya Ludwig Crüwell ( 20 March 1892 - 25 September 1958) was a German General known for his involvement with the The Panzer Group controlled the Afrika Korps plus some additional German units that were sent to Africa, as well as two corps of Italian units. The German Afrikakorps ( German: Deutsches Afrikakorps DAK) was the original German blocking force (Sperrverband = Armored Blocking Force in Libya

Panzer Army Africa

Panzer Group Africa was redesignated as Panzer Army Africa (Panzerarmee Afrika) on January 30 1942. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain [1]

German-Italian Panzer Army

Panzer Army Africa was redesignated as German-Italian Panzer Army (Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee) in October 1942 during the long retreat after the defeat at the Second Battle of El Alamein during the Western Desert Campaign . The Second Battle of El Alamein marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of World War II. The Western Desert Campaign, also known as the Desert War was the initial stage of the North African Campaign of The Second World War.

Army Group Africa

In February 1943 the headquarters was upgraded to Army Group Africa (Heeresgruppe Afrika) to manage the defense of Tunisia during the final stages of the North African Campaign, its combat units – including the Afrika Korps – were turned over to the Italian First Army. Tunisia (تونس Tūnis officially the Tunisian Republic ( is a country located in North Africa. During World War II, the North African Campaign, also known as the Desert War, took place in the North African desert from June 10, 1940 The German Afrikakorps ( German: Deutsches Afrikakorps DAK) was the original German blocking force (Sperrverband = Armored Blocking Force in Libya The Italian First Army was an Italian army formation in World War I, facing Austro-Hungarian and German forces and in World War II Command of the Army Group was turned over to Hans-Jürgen von Arnim in March, and it surrendered on May 13, 1943, ending the Axis presence in Africa. Hans-Jürgen von Arnim ( 4 April, 1889 &ndash 1 September, 1962) was a German Colonel-general of Cavalry Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.


Order of battle

Throughout its existence this headquarters controlled the well-known Afrika Korps, and for most of its life it controlled a number of other German and Italian units as well. [2] The following overview of its assets is taken from lexikon-der-wehrmacht. de, with dates corrected (see references).

Order of battle of Panzer Group Africa

Panzer Group Africa (Rommel)

Order of battle of Panzer Army Africa

Panzer Army Africa (Rommel)

Order of battle of the German-Italian Panzer Army

German-Italian Panzer Army (Rommel)

Order of battle of Army Group Africa

From February 1943:

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References

Footnotes

  1. ^ A German Panzer group was an army-level headquarters. As the war progressed all of the Panzer groups were redesignated as Panzer armies.
  2. ^ Notice that at no time were all the German units in Africa subordinate to the Afrika Korps; some were reserves for the Panzer Army, and some were occasionally subordinated to Italian armies or corps.
  3. ^ A very detailed order of battle for this period is given at axishistory.com. However, it may have a few inaccuracies in its details, e. g. other sources show the German 164th Light Afrika Division subordinate to the Italian XX Corps rather than directly to Panzer Army Afrika.
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