What is Afrika Korps?
The '''German Africa Corps''' ({{lang-de|Deutsches Afrikakorps}}, DAK {{Audio|De-Deutsches_Afrikakorps-pronunciation.ogg|<small>listen</small>}}), or the '''''Afrika Korps''''' as it was popularly called, was the [[Wehrmacht|German army]]’s expeditionary army of the [[Wehrmacht|German Wehrmacht Military]] in [[Libya]] and [[Tunisia]] during the [[North African Campaign]] of [[World War II]] in [[North Africa]] from 1941-1943 . The reputation of the ''Afrika Korps'' is synonymous with that of its first commander [[Erwin Rommel]], who later commanded the <ref>''With Rommel in the Desert'' by Heinz Werner Schmidt</ref> [[German army|Panzer Army Africa]] which evolved into the German-Italian ''Panzer'' Army (''Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee'') and [[Wehrmacht|Army Group Africa]], all of which ''Afrika Korps'' was a distinct and principal component. Throughout the North African campaign, the ''Afrika Korps'' fought against superior [[Allies of World War II|Allied forces]] right to the very end in May 1943 when it surrendered. The main composition of the ''Afrika Korps'' varied, but it was mostly made of the [[15th Panzer Division]], the [[21st Panzer Division]] and several Italian armoured and infantry divisions, the composition of the ''Afrika Korps'' changed during the war. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:World War II]]