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Restored and awarded StuG.III Ausf D is looking for a new owner - It belonged to Erwin Rommel's fabled Afrika Korps !!

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It's a of the three Ausf D vehicles which were sent to North Africa and saw service with Sonderverband z.b.V 288 - special deployment unit. This unit was a Kampfgruppe formed from Arabs and Germans who had lived in Africa for service in Iraq, however the Iraqi...read more

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Patton VS. Rommel

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En el programa de esta semana iniciamos el repaso y enfrentamiento de las biografías de los grandes líderes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y en el primer programa de esta saga enfrentaremos al General de cuatro estrellas George Patton "El viejo sangre y agallas" y al Mariscal de Campo Erwin...read more

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 Lieutenant) February 18, 2017

His efforts stopped the British counter-attack in a matter of minutes. He was the youngest bearer of the Afrika Korps' Knight's Cross

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By summer 1942, in july, at the age of just 19 years, Günter Halm was serving as a gunlayer in the anti-tank platoon of the HQ Company of Panzergrenadier Regiment 104, part of 21.Panzer Division, with Rommel’s Afrikakorps. His unit took part in...read more

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 Lieutenant) September 07, 2016

A picturesque figure of Afrika Korps; he was a master with his 88mm's - He was named 'The Pastor of Hellfire Pass'

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Major Wilhelm Georg Bach was one of the most unusual characters in the Africa Korps - DAK, who led the defense of the Halfaya Pass. Rommel gave him the responsibility for holding it. Bach was one of the most colorful and beloved characters in the whole of the Africa...read more

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 Lieutenant) June 22, 2016

5 rare pics of captured British tank Matilda II "Dreadnought" with German Afrika Korps markings

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Formerly of the 4th Royal Tank Regiment, this Matilda II was captured at Halfaya pass in May 1941, and returned to service against its former masters by the 8th Panzer Regiment of the 15th Panzer Division.read more

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Stunning Footage! Amazing Action in North Africa! From Operation Crusader until El Alamein

Rommel just escaped total defeat during Operation Crusader in 1941. After came the defeat in the Battle of Gazala and the fall of Tobruk in 1942. Finally, the allied victory in El Alamein at the end of 1942. You can watch a lot of tanks: Crusaders, Grants, Shermans... a lot of Allied and Axis...read more

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 Lieutenant) February 15, 2016

The little-known capture of Rommel’s signals intelligence unit by an Australian battalion in North Africa in July 1942

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At the beginning of the "First Battle of Alamein", Rommel's DAK suffered an unexpected coup when they lost the signals intercept unit Nachrichten Fern Aufklarung Kompanie 621 (NFAK 621) which was commanded by the Hauptmann (Captain) Alfred...read more

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The Afrika Korps in action! Top 12 original color footage, you must see!

The Afrika Korps was the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African Campaign of World War II. First sent as a holding force to shore up the Italian defense of their African colonies, the formation fought on in Africa, under various appellations, from March 1941 until its...read more

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