VIDEO - Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps

At least a nice video.

Colorized but fine.

1941-42 Rommel and the Afrika Korps in Action! (HD)

Not in color but colorized...

DAK TODAY - 1/6 Soldier Story - Afrikakorps

This is a 1/6 Scale Afrikakorps from Soldier Story. Impresive!

 

LINK: http://www.soldierstory-toys.com/products_show.asp?id=72

DAK RELATED DOCUMENTS - Montgomery's Personal Message

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Montgomery's Personal Message for his troops just before Operation Lightfoot

August 1942: Churchill (left) with the new Commander of the 8th Army, General Montgomery (center).

GERMAN ARMY RANK TABLE COMPARATION

GERMAN ARMY RANK TABLE COMPARATION
HEER	LUFTWAFFE	KRIEGSMARINE
Grenadier	Flieger	Matrose
Obergrenadier	-	-
Gefreiter Obergefreiter Stabsgefreiter	Gefreiter Obergefreiter Hauptgefreiter Stabsgefreiter	Matrosengefreiter Matrosenobergefreiter Matrosenhauptgefreiter Matrosenstabsgefreiter
Unteroffizier	Unteroffizier	Maat
Unterfeldwebel	Unterfeldwebel	Obermaat
Fähnrich	-	Fähnrich zur See
Feldwebel	Feldwebel	Feldwebel
Oberfeldwebel Hauptfeldwebel	Oberfeldwebel	Stabsfeldwebel Oberfeldwebel
Oberfähnrich	-	Oberfähnrich zur See
Stabsfeldwebel	Stabsfeldwebel	Stabsoberfeldwebel
Leutnant	Leutnant	Leutnant zur See
Oberleutnant	Oberleutnant	Oberleutnant zur See
Hauptmann	Hauptmann	Kapitänleutnant
Major	Major	Korvettenkapitän
Oberstleutnant	Oberstleutnant	Fregattenkapitän
Oberst	Oberst	Kapitän zur See Kommodore
Generalmajor	Generalmajor	Vizeadmiral
Generalleutnant	Generalleutnant	Konteradmiral
General	General	Admiral
Generaloberst	Generaloberst	Generaladmiral
Generalfeldmarschall	Generalfeldmarschall	Grossadmiral
-	Reichsmarschall	-

THE LUFTWAFFE IN NORTH AFRICA (Part 2)

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LUFTWAFFE ORGANIZATION
Rotte	2 planes
Kette	3 planes
Schwarm	4 or 5 planes
Staffel	from 9 to 12 planes
Gruppe	from 3 to 4 Staffeln, plus 1 Stabkette (command section)
Geschwadern	from 3 to 4 Gruppen, plus 1 Stabstaffel (command squad)
Fliegerdivision	3 Geschwadern
Fliegerkorps	Similar to a Fliegerdivision but with more planes
Luftlotte	2 Fliegerdivisionen

THE ITALIAN ARMY - DIVISIONE FOLGORE

Over the walls of the Italian El Alamein Memorial, there are these words: "Folgore Division: Legion of souls watching over the desert"

GENERAL DER PANZERTRUPPEN HANS-KARL FREIHERR VON ESEBECK

Hans-Karl Asmus Werner Freiherr von Esebeck (10 July 1892 – 5 January 1955) was a German General who commanded the 15th Panzer Division in the AfrikaKorps. He was also a conspirator against Adolf Hitler.


Von Esebeck had knowledge of and was sympathetic to the anti-Hitler conspiracy. He was arrested on 21 July 1944 and spent the rest of the war in concentration camps. Liberated at the end of the war he lived the rest of his life in poverty and died on 5 January 1955.