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    The German Africa Corps (German: Deutsches Afrikakorps, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃəs ˈʔaːfʁikaˌkoːɐ̯] ; DAK), commonly known as Afrika Korps, was the German expeditionary...
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    (9 December 1940 – 9 February 1941). The first units of the new Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK), commanded by Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel, departed Naples...
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  • II when it was one of the two armoured divisions making up the Deutsches Afrikakorps (DAK). It was first formed as the 5th Light Division in early 1941...
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    and on Malta helped interdict Axis shipping supplying Rommel's Deutsches Afrikakorps in North Africa. Although it was designed as a torpedo-bomber, the...
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    Afrika Corps - Rations". from Elite Forces of the Third Reich. The Deutsches Afrikakorps Online Archive. Retrieved 1 September 2011. "Medicine: Feeding the...
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    rushed reinforcements to Libya to defend Tripoli, assisted by the Deutsches Afrikakorps and the Luftwaffe. When war was declared, the 5th Army (General...
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    the Luftwaffenring, consisting of Luftwaffe veterans; the Verband Deutsches Afrikakorps, the veterans' association of the Afrika Korps; and, most controversially...
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  • dictionary. DAK is an abbreviation for the Afrika Korps (German: Deutsches Afrikakorps), a famed German World War II unit. DAK, Dak or dak may also refer...
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    of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Böttcher served in the Deutsches Afrikakorps under Erwin Rommel where he commanded an artillery regiment. Later...
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  • Steyr and others. The MG 42 was first deployed in May 1942 by the Deutsches Afrikakorps (German Africa Corps expeditionary force in Africa) and introduced...
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