German Afrika Korps

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expeditionary force military unit

The German Afrika Korps was the German expeditionary force in North Africa during World War II, best known for its campaigns under General Erwin Rommel against Allied forces.

Aliases (10)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	expeditionary force → military unit →
abbreviation	DAK →
alliedWith	Royal Italian Army →
alsoKnownAs	Deutsches Afrikakorps →
branch	Heer →
commander	Erwin Rommel → Ludwig Crüwell → Walter Nehring →
conflict	World War II →
country	Germany →
disbanded	1943 →
engagedInBattle	Battle of Gazala → First Battle of El Alamein → Operation Crusader → Second Battle of El Alamein → Siege of Tobruk → Tunisian Campaign →
equipment	88 mm Flak guns → Panzer III tanks → Panzer IV tanks → Sd.Kfz. 251 half-tracks →
formed	1941 →
garrison	North Africa →
ideology	served Nazi Germany →
language	German →
notableCommander	Erwin Rommel →
notableFor	mobile desert warfare → reputation for tactical skill → use of combined arms tactics →
notableUnit	15th Panzer Division → 21st Panzer Division → 90th Light Africa Division →
operationalArea	Egypt → Libya → Tunisia →
partOf	German Army → Wehrmacht →
primaryOpponents	British Empire forces → Commonwealth forces → United States forces →
subordinateTo	German-Italian Panzer Army → Panzer Army Africa → Panzer Group Africa →
surrenderDate	May 1943 →
surrenderedTo	Allied forces in North Africa →
theater	North African Campaign →
type	armored corps →

Referenced by (56)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of El Alamein → Battle of El Guettar → Battle of Kasserine Pass → British Eighth Army → British XXX Corps ("Afrika Korps") → Eighth Army → Eighth Army (United Kingdom) → Operation Battleaxe ("Afrika Korps") → Operation Crusader → Operation Crusader ("Panzergruppe Afrika") → Rats of Tobruk →	opponent
15th Panzer Division ("Afrika Korps") → 21st Panzer Division ("Afrika Korps") → 90th Light Africa Division ("Afrika Korps") → DAK ("German Army in North Africa") → Georg Stumme ("Afrika Korps high command") →	partOf
Ariete Armoured Division → Italian Ariete Division → Italian XX Motorised Corps →	alliedWith
German Afrika Korps ("Deutsches Afrikakorps") → Panzer Army Africa ("German-Italian Panzer Army") → Panzer Army Africa ("Deutsches-Italienisches Panzerarmee") →	alsoKnownAs
Erwin Rommel ("Afrika Korps") → Erwin Rommel ("Army Group Africa") → Walther Nehring ("Afrika Korps") →	commanded
1st South African Division → 4th Indian Division → 7th Armoured Division →	engagedAgainst
Battle of Alam el Halfa ("Deutsches Afrikakorps") → Bir el Gubi →	belligerent
Eighth Army → Tobruk →	opposedBy
15th Panzer Division ("Deutsches Afrikakorps") → 21st Panzer Division ("Deutsches Afrikakorps") →	subordinateTo
Count László de Almásy ("German Afrika Korps (film depiction)") →	affiliation
German War Cemetery at El Alamein ("Deutsches Afrikakorps") →	associatedWith
Desert Fox ("Afrika Korps") →	associatedWithMilitaryUnit
Battle of Bir Hakeim ("Afrika Korps") →	attackingForce
Battle of Tobruk (1942) ("Afrika Korps") →	capturedBy
Tunisian campaign →	combatant
Panzer Army Africa →	component
Italian XX Motorised Corps ("Deutsches Afrikakorps") →	cooperatedWith
Operation Sonnenblume ("Afrika Korps") →	forceDeployed
Battle of Medenine ("Afrika Korps") →	forceInvolved
Italian Trieste Division →	foughtAlongside
DAK ("Deutsches Afrikakorps") →	fullName
DAK →	fullNameInEnglish
German-Italian Panzer Army →	hasPart
Sidi Rezegh →	involvedBelligerent
DAK ("Afrikakorps") →	nickname
Middle East theatre of World War II ("Deutsches Afrikakorps") →	notableUnit
Middle East Command →	opposedTo
Panzer Army Africa ("Afrika Korps") →	precededBy
Battle of Gazala ("Deutsches Afrikakorps") →	primaryAxisFormation
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma ("Afrika Korps") →	servedInUnit
Western Desert →	usedBy