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dual purpose anti-aircraft/anti-tank guns arrived and provided much needed firepower. Although the DAK commander, Erwin Rommel, was under strict orders to remain on the defensive, he ordered an attack on 31 March 1941 by the 5th Light and 4th
Italian divisions, which was a big success, as the British
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perimeter, capturing nearly 35,000 prisoners. As a result, the
British Eighth Army fell back. The fighting had taken its toll on the division, with the 15th and 21st Panzer only able to field 44 tanks between them. Four-fifths of their transport vehicles had been captured when they crossed into
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after 27 November 1941), a formation which was also made up from an assortment of smaller elements in August 1941, the German forces in this theatre were still vulnerable. In the early months of 1942 the supply situation improved, with the
British island fortress of
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on 18 November 1941, which forced Rommel to retreat to El
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1192:, page 175. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books.
738:Commander: Lieutenant General Edgar Feuchtinger
871:, 29 November – 1 December 1941 (acting leader)
804:200 Assault Gun Battalion (Major Alfred Becker)
787:155 Panzer Artillery Regiment (Colonel Huehne)
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324:. The German Armed Forces High Command (
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1261:. Hersham: Allan Publishing.
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860:, 1 August – 29 November 1941
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782:II Panzer Grenadier Battalion
767:II Panzer Grenadier Battalion
690:16th Luftwaffe Field Division
1302:Rommel As Military Commander
1213:Ambrose, Stephen E. (1997).
1088:"German Officer Biographies"
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810:200 Panzer Signals Battalion
790:I Panzer Artillery Battalion
779:I Panzer Grenadier Battalion
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742:22 Panzer Regiment (Colonel
404:90th Light Infantry Division
358:90th Light Infantry Division
1188:Mitcham, Samuel W. (2007).
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952:Heinrich-Hermann von Hülsen
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1377:Department of the Army.
1351:History of World War Two
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954:, 25 April – 13 May 1943
536:Battle of Kasserine Pass
447:2nd New Zealand Division
1933:German panzer divisions
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510:By the time it reached
463:Battle of Alam el Halfa
371:. Eighth Army launched
1923:German units in Africa
1369:Cole, Hugh M. (1965).
1299:Lewin, Ronald (1968).
1276:Jentz, Thomas (1996).
1236:Red Devils In Normandy
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943:Hans-Georg Hildebrandt
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69:"21st Panzer Division"
1257:Ellis, Chris (2001).
1029:North Africa Campaign
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377:15th Panzer Division
350:15th Panzer Division
314:Western Desert Force
282:21st Panzer Division
238:Battle of El Alamein
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1354:. London: Octopus.
1282:Schiffer Publishing
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1143:, pp. 185–190.
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663:Mot. Pak & Flak
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258:Battle of the Bulge
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