Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Deutsches_Afrikakorps_(DAK)
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:activePeriod 1941–1943
gptkbp:alliedWith Regio Esercito (Italian Army)
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1943
gptkbp:formed February 1941
gptkbp:foughtIn gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:British_Eighth_Army
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Tripoli,_Libya
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK)
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:German_Army
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:DAK
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Gazala
gptkb:Second_Battle_of_El_Alamein
gptkb:Siege_of_Tobruk
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Walter_Nehring
gptkb:Erwin_Rommel
gptkb:Ludwig_Crüwell
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Tunisian_Campaign
capture of Tobruk
advance to El Alamein
defeat at El Alamein
retreat from El Alamein
surrender in Tunisia
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:21st_Panzer_Division
gptkb:90th_Light_Africa_Division
gptkb:15th_Panzer_Division
gptkbp:notableInsignia palm tree with swastika
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Operation_Crusader
gptkb:Operation_Sonnenblume
gptkb:Operation_Venezia
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Fritz_Bayerlein
gptkb:Heinrich_Eberbach
gptkb:Hans_Cramer
gptkb:Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Thoma
gptkbp:notableWinner Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (awarded to members)
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Oberkommando_des_Heeres
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Wehrmacht
Heeresgruppe Afrika
gptkbp:surrenderedTo gptkb:British_Eighth_Army
May 1943
gptkbp:theaterOfOperations gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:Panzer_III
gptkb:Sd.Kfz._251
gptkb:Panzer_IV
gptkb:88_mm_Flak_gun
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Panzer_Army_Africa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6