Africki korpus

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The Afrika Korps was formed, on February 19, 1941, after the German Armed Forces High Command (OKW) had decided to send an expeditionary force to Libya to support the Italian army, which had been routed by an Allied counteroffensive, Operation Compass. The German expeditionary force, commanded by Erwin Rommel, at first consisted only of the 5th Panzer Regiment and various other small units. These elements were organized into the 5th Light Division when they arrived in Africa in February. In the spring the 5th Light Division was joined by the 15th Panzer Division, though it did not arrive until Rommel had already re-taken most of Cyrenaica and gone back over to the defensive. At this time the Afrika Korps consisted of the two divisions plus various smaller supporting units, and was officially subordinated to the Italian chain of command in Africa (though Rommel had conducted his offensive without any authorization).
Rommel in Africa - Summer 1941
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Rommel in Africa - Summer 1941

On October 1, 1941, the German 5th Light Division was redesignated as the 21st Panzer Division, still attached to the Afrika Korps.

During the summer of 1941 OKW invested more command structure in Africa by creating a new headquarters called Panzer Group Afrika. On August 15 Panzer Group Afrika was activated with Rommel in command, and command of the Afrika Korps was turned over to Ludwig Crüwell. The Panzer Group controlled the Afrika Korps plus some additional German units that were sent to Africa, as well as two corps of Italian units. (A German "group" was approximately the equivalent of an army in other militaries, and in fact Panzer Group Afrika was redesignated as Panzer Army Afrika on January 30, 1942.)

After the defeat at El Alamein and the Allied invasion of western North Africa, OKW once more upgraded its presence in Africa by creating the XC Army Corps in Tunisia on November 19 1942, and then creating a new 5th Panzer Army headquarters there as well on December 8, under the command of Col.-Gen. Hans-Jürgen von Arnim.

On February 23, 1943 Panzer Army Afrika was redesignated as the 1st Italian Army and put under the command of an Italian general, while Rommel was placed in command of a new Army Group Afrika created to control both the 1st Italian Army and the 5th Panzer Army. The remnants of the Afrika Korps and other surviving units of the 1st Italian Army retreated into Tunisia and were lost along with the rest of Army Group Afrika in the general surrender there on May 13.
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Terminological notes
Observing enemy positions.
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Observing enemy positions.

Strictly speaking the term Afrika Korps refers only to the corps headquarters and its attached units, though it is commonly used by amateur writers, the news media and veteran Allied soldiers, as a name for all the German units in North Africa before the retreat to Tunisia. The most notable of those other units were the Afrika zbV ("special purpose") Division, which was created as an infantry division and slowly upgraded to a fully motorized division, and then redesignated as the 90th Light Afrika Division; the 164th Light Afrika Division, also an infantry division; and the Ramcke parachute brigade (named after its commander). There were also eight Italian divisions under Rommel's command in Panzer Army Afrika, including two armored divisions with very inferior equipment, two motorized divisions, three infantry divisions, and one Folgore parachute division. The army was supported by a number of smaller units from both the German and Italian armed forces.

The designation "Light" (German: Leichte) did not refer to a standardized table of organization and equipment (TOE) for the various German divisions that bore that designation. For instance, the 5th Light Division had an organization very similar to the 21st Panzer Division, whereas the 164th Light Afrika Division was at first a partially motorized infantry division and never had any tanks at all. Various German divisions in Africa occasionally reorganized or re-equipped without a change of name, or conversely were redesignated with a new name without any substantial reorganization. M.C. was here.
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Historical postscript

The Axis forces in Africa surrendered on May 12, 1943. However, three of the German divisions that had fought in the Western Desert were reconstituted in Europe. The 15th Panzer Division was reconstituted as the 15th Panzergrenadier Division, the 90th Light Division was reconstituted as the 90th Panzergrenadier Division, and the 21st Panzer Division was reconstituted under its own name
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Afrika Korps Marching Songs
Unloading Panzer IIIs for the Afrika Korps.
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Unloading Panzer IIIs for the Afrika Korps.

Heiß über Afrikas Boden die Sonne glüht.
Unsere Panzermotoren singen ihr Lied!
Deutsche Panzer im Sonnenbrand,
Stehen zur Kampf gegen England
Es rasseln die Ketten, es dröhnt der Motor,
Panzer rollen in Afrika vor.

Translation:

Hot over African ground, the sun is glowing.
Our panzer engines sing their song!
German panzers in the blazing sun,
As they stand in battle against England.
The tracks rattle, the engine roars,
Panzers roll in Africa.

2nd Song: "Unser Rommel" ("Our Rommel"):

Mit uns im Kampf und im Siege vereint,
marschieren Italiens Scharen.
Bis einst die Sonne des Friedens uns scheint,
und wieder gen Deutschland wir fahren.
Doch wenn mich die feindliche Kugel fand,
so lasset mich ruhen im Wüstensand,
und rühret noch einmal die Trommel,
Vorwärts, vorwärts, vorwärts mit unserem Rommel.
Vorwärts mit unserem Rommel.

Translation:

Together with us in battle and victories,
the Italians are marching with us.
Till soon the sun of peace will shine for us,
and we will return to Germany.
If an enemy shot hits me,
let me rest in the desert sand,
and play the drum again.
Forwards, forwards with our Rommel,
Forwards with our Rommel.
 
woooooooooooow pa ti si stavrno.....cool
Pa burazeru ondak ...............to ce malo duze da potraje, onda uzmi malo ovog sa Engleskog posto ima dosta stvari ali ne i dovoljno.Npr........formiran je Minhenu,itd.
Ali otom potom kad se zaglavis negde ti pitaj......npr. sta mu znaci ona skracenica zBV.

to znaci zur Besondere Verwegung odnosno za narocita ili posebna dejstva.
Cak si imao specijalnu jedinicu u DAK-u koja se zva SV 288....odnosno SondernVerband 288.Ima jos puno puno toga.Npr ceo jedan puk u 164. lakoj diviziji se sastojao od nemaca iz legije stranaca.Itd.....ima toga koliko ti dusa hoce........samo moram da nadjem svoj stari notes gde sam zapisivao te stvari.....eh tada nije bilo neta.:)
 
Битан податак о Ромелу је и то да Англо - саксонци нису имали никаквих успеха у борби против њега док нису почеле саботаже на прузи Београд - Солун.
Након тога је остао без снадбевања и једноставно није могао победи.
 
PAC-PAC:
Битан податак о Ромелу је и то да Англо - саксонци нису имали никаквих успеха у борби против њега док нису почеле саботаже на прузи Београд - Солун.
Након тога је остао без снадбевања и једноставно није могао победи.
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Više od 80% procenta snabdevanja nemačke i italijanske vojske u Africi išlo je preko italijanskih luka, najbližom relacijom oko Sicilije (tu su Englezi na Malti bili najveći problem). Solun i Pirej (grčke luke) korišćene su više kao rezervna varijanta.
Najveći podstrek koji je Romel dobijao iz Srbije bio je preko Radio-Beograda, na kome je lansiran najveći muzički hit WWII, poznata "Lili Marlen" (ta pesma je prvobitno puštana specijalno za pripadnike DAK, ali je posle neformalne pobede na "Euroviziji 1941" postala popularna i na drugim ratištima, kada je počeo da je emituje i Radio-Berlin, iako je Gebels bio protiv).
Inače, ista pesma je bila vrlo popularna i na protivničkoj strani, među Englezima u 8. armiji. U svojim memoarima Ficroj Maklin ("Pesak orijenta") opisuje scenu kako on i njegovi saborci iz SAS-a sa čežnjom slušaju u pustinju Radio-Beograd i pomenutu pesmu.
 
Ивице, опет сам себи ускачеш у уста.

Više od 80% procenta snabdevanja nemačke i italijanske vojske u Africi išlo je preko italijanskih luka, najbližom relacijom oko Sicilije (tu su Englezi na Malti bili najveći problem). Solun i Pirej (grčke luke) korišćene su više kao rezervna varijanta.

Резервна варијанта која је у једном моменту постала и једина а кад је и она блокирана Ромел је остао без резерви.

Јел' сад у реду?
 
The Edge:
Više od 80% procenta snabdevanja nemačke i italijanske vojske u Africi išlo je preko italijanskih luka, najbližom relacijom oko Sicilije (tu su Englezi na Malti bili najveći problem). Solun i Pirej (grčke luke) korišćene su više kao rezervna varijanta.
Najveći podstrek koji je Romel dobijao iz Srbije bio je preko Radio-Beograda, na kome je lansiran najveći muzički hit WWII, poznata "Lili Marlen" (ta pesma je prvobitno puštana specijalno za pripadnike DAK, ali je posle neformalne pobede na "Euroviziji 1941" postala popularna i na drugim ratištima, kada je počeo da je emituje i Radio-Berlin, iako je Gebels bio protiv).
Inače, ista pesma je bila vrlo popularna i na protivničkoj strani, među Englezima u 8. armiji. U svojim memoarima Ficroj Maklin ("Pesak orijenta") opisuje scenu kako on i njegovi saborci iz SAS-a sa čežnjom slušaju u pustinju Radio-Beograd i pomenutu pesmu.
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Čak je i Crvena Armija imala svoju obradu pomenute pesme.
 
PAC-PAC:
Резервна варијанта која је у једном моменту постала и једина а кад је и она блокирана Ромел је остао без резерви.
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Siroma Romel... poslednje reči su mu bile: "Za sve su krivi Srbi" :twisted:
 
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