Heeresgruppe Afrika

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Axis military formation German army group

Heeresgruppe Afrika was the German-Italian Army Group in North Africa during World War II, commanded by Erwin Rommel in its most famous phase and responsible for major campaigns in Libya, Egypt, and Tunisia.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Army Group Africa 3
Army Group Afrika 1
Army Group Afrika (acting) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Axis military formation ⓘ
German army group ⓘ
alliedWith Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
belligerentSide Axis powers ⓘ
surface form: Axis Powers
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
engagedIn Libyan campaign ⓘ
surface form: Libyan Campaign

Tunisian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Tunisian Campaign

North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: Western Desert Campaign
formedFrom Panzergruppe Afrika ⓘ
historicalEra 20th century ⓘ
militaryBranch German Army ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Gazala ⓘ
Battle of Kasserine Pass ⓘ
Battle of Tobruk (1942) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Tobruk

Battle of El Alamein ⓘ
surface form: Second Battle of El Alamein
notableCommander Albert Kesselring ⓘ
Erwin Rommel ⓘ
Hans-Jürgen von Arnim ⓘ
notableLeaderPhase Rommel’s command period ⓘ
operatedIn Egypt ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
opposedBy British Eighth Army ⓘ
Free French Forces ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
partOf German Afrika Korps ⓘ
surface form: Deutsches Afrikakorps

Regio Esercito ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
primaryLanguageOfCommand German ⓘ
result defeat in North Africa ⓘ
secondaryLanguageOfCommand Italian ⓘ
strategicObjective control of North Africa ⓘ
securing Mediterranean supply routes ⓘ
threatening the Suez Canal ⓘ
subordinateTo Oberbefehlshaber Süd ⓘ
OKH (Oberkommando des Heeres) ⓘ
surface form: Oberkommando des Heeres
surrenderedTo Tunisian campaign ⓘ
surface form: Allied forces in Tunisia
theater North African campaign ⓘ
surface form: North African Campaign
usedEquipment German field artillery ⓘ
M13/40 medium tank ⓘ
surface form: Italian M13/40 tanks

Panzer III ⓘ
surface form: Panzer III tanks

Panzer IV tanks ⓘ
usedUnitType armored divisions ⓘ
artillery units ⓘ
infantry divisions ⓘ
motorized infantry ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DAK → subordinateTo → Heeresgruppe Afrika ⓘ
German-Italian Panzer Army → successor → Heeresgruppe Afrika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Army Group Africa
15th Panzer Division → subordinateTo → Heeresgruppe Afrika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Panzergruppe Afrika
Walther Nehring → commanded → Heeresgruppe Afrika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Army Group Afrika (acting)
Italian Army in North Africa → allyOf → Heeresgruppe Afrika ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Army in North Africa
5th Panzer Army → subordinateTo → Heeresgruppe Afrika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Army Group Afrika
18th Army Group → opponent → Heeresgruppe Afrika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Army Group Africa
Mareth Line → usedBy → Heeresgruppe Afrika ⓘ
this entity surface form: Army Group Africa