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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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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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