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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
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