Deutsches Afrikakorps

Lineage

  • Aufklärungsstab Rommel
  • Deutsches Afrikakorp

History

Deutsches Afrikakorps logoFormed from Aufklärungsstab Rommel on February 19th, 1941.

Parts upgraded into Panzergruppe Afrika onAugust 15th, 1941, although the DAK itself continued to exist under thecontrol of the newly formed Panzergruppe, and it would go on to fight untilthe capitulation in Tunisia in May of 1943.