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    and the division was earmarked by Rommel to lead the attack on Tobruk. On 28 November 1941, the formation was renamed 90. leichte Afrika Division (90th...
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    Kampfgruppe (battle group) of the 90th Light Afrika Division (90. leichte Afrika Division), Generalmajor Ulrich Kleemann), was to advance to El Adem south...
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    155 and the latter to Schützen-Regiment 200, both part of the 90. leichte Afrika-Division. Both companies fought until the Axis surrender in Tunisia in...
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    written by the divisional commander General Remer, shows the insignia of a Commander-in-Chief of an Army Group, and not those of a divisional commander. According...
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    troops of the 80th Infantry Division La Spezia, the 101st Motorised Division Trieste and the German 164th Leichte Afrika Division. The Fatanassa feature was...
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  • class"), while the light and medium duty trucks were the NLK and NMK (Neue Leichte Klasse and Neue Mittlere Klasse), based on MAN's similarly situated L2000...
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    fleet deployed single-engine aircraft, including dive-bombers, nicknamed "Leichte Kesselringe" (light Kesselrings) in hit-and-run raids. These tactics became...
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    SS-Panzerarmee. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 10./leichte Flak-Abteilung 411 (self-motorized). According to Scherzer as Zugführer...
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  • (9783879436934 ed.). Kurt Vowinkel. Battistelli, Pier Paolo (2006). Rommel's Afrika Korps: Tobruk to El Alamein. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781841769011. Haasler...
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  • a killing squad/unit, but also used for divisions raised for special reasons (e.g., the Division zbV Afrika). Zyklon-B – commercial name for the prussic...
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