Commanders-in-Chief:
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (February 23, 1943 to March 9, 1943)
Oberst General Hans-Jurgen von Arnim (since March 9, 1943)
Chiefs of Staff:
Oberst Fritz Bayerlein
Lieutenant General Heinz Ziegler
The main units of the Army "Afrika"
1st Italian Army (Panzer Army "Afrika" until 1943)
5th Tank Army
1st ITALIAN ARMY / TANK ARMY "AFRIKA"
Status since February 23, 1943
Commanders:
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (until February 23, 1943)
General of the Army Giovanni Messe (since February 23, 1943)
Chiefs of Staff:
Major General Alfred Gause
Oberst Fritz Bayerlein
Oberst Arthur Markert
Oberst Siegfried Westphal
Oberst Fritz Bayerlein
The main units of the Army:
Afrika Korps
XX Italian Corps
XXl Italian Corps
GERMAN AFRIKA KORPS
Corps commanders:
Oberst Fritz Bayerlein (until November 19, 1942)
Panzer General Gustav Fehn (wounded 16 January)
Major General Kurt von Liebenstein (wounded 17 February)
Major General Kurt von Liebenstein (temporary: January 16-17, 1943)
Lieutenant General Heinz Ziegler (temporary: until March 5, 1943)
Panzer General Hans Kramer (March 5, 1943 - May 13, 1943)
Chiefs of Staff:
Oberst Fritz Bayerlein
Oberst G.V. Nolte
21st Panzer Division
Division commanders:
Major General Heinz von Randlow (killed 21 December 1942)
Oberst Hans-Georg Hildebrandt (departed due to illness on 25 April 1943)
Major General Heinrich-Hermann von Hulsen (April 25, 1943 - May 13, 1943)
The main units of the division:
100th Tank Regiment
155th Tank Artillery Regiment
21st Reconnaissance Battalion
200th Tank Engineering Battalion
125th Tank Grenadier Regiment
192nd Tank Grenadier Regiment
200th Anti-tank Battalion
200th Tank Signal Battalion
15th Panzer Division
Division commanders:
Lieutenant General Gustav von Ferst (until December 12, 1942)
Oberst Willibald Borowitz (December 12, 1942 - May 13, 1943)
The main units of the division:
8th Tank Regiment
33rd Tank Artillery Regiment
33rd Anti-tank Battalion
78th Communication Tank Battalion
115th Tank Grenadier Regiment
33rd Tank Reconnaissance Battalion
33rd Tank Engineering Battalion
90th Light Division
(not under Afrika Korps)
Division commander:
Lieutenant General Theodor Graf von Sponeck
The main units of the division:
155th Motorized Grenadier Regiment
361st Motorized Grenadier Regiment
190th Motorized Communications Battalion
580th Tank Reconnaissance Battalion
190th Motorized Engineer Battalion
200th Motorized Grenadier Regiment
190th Tank Battalion
190th Motorized Artillery Regiment
190th Tank Destroyer Battalion
164th Light Division
(not under Afrika Korps)
Division commanders:
Major General Karl-Hans Lungershausen (until the end of November 1942)
Oberst Siegfried Westphal (interim: December 6, 1943 - January 30, 1943)
Major General Kurt Freiherr von Liebenstein (January 1, 1943 - January 16, 1943)
Oberst Becker (temporarily: January 16, 1943 - February 17, 1943)
Major General Fritz Krause (interim: February 17, 1943 - March 13, 1943)
Major General Kurt Freiherr von Liebenstein (March 13, 1943 - May 13, 1943)
The main units of the division:
125th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
433rd Panzer Grenadier Regiment
220th Tank Reconnaissance Battalion
220th Motorized Communications Battalion
382nd Panzer Grenadier Regiment
220th Artillery Regiment
220th Motorized Engineer Battalion
2nd Airborne Brigade "Ramke"
Brigade commander:
Major General Herman-Bernard Ramke
The main units of the brigade:
4 rifle battalions
artillery battalion
tank destroyer company
sapper company
XX ITALIAN CORPS
Commander:
Corps General Giuseppe de Stefanis
132nd Tactical Group "Ariete"
(former armored division, almost destroyed under El Alamen)
Group leader:
General of Division Francesco Arena (August 15, 1942, Tunisia 1943).
The main units of the group:
8th Armored Car Regiment "Montebello"
16th Armored Car Regiment "Lucca"
10th Armored Car Regiment "Victor Emmanuel II"
135th Tank Artillery Regiment
101st Motorized Division "Trieste"
Division commander:
General of Division Francesco La Ferla
The main units of the division:
65th Infantry Regiment "Valtellina"
9th Bersaglieri Regiment
146th Anti-aircraft Battery
101st Anti-tank Battalion
66th Infantry Regiment "Valtellina"
21st Artillery Regiment "Romagna"
411th Anti-aircraft Battery
Parachute Division "Folgore"
Division commander:
Division General Enrico Frattini
The main units of the division:
remnants that survived under El Alamein
XXI ITALIAN CORPS
Commander:
Corps General Enea Navarini
80th Airborne Division "Spezia"
Division commander:
General of Division Gavino Pizzolato
The main parts of the division:
125th Infantry Regiment "Spezia"
80th Artillery Regiment
80th Engineer Battalion
39th Bersaglieri Battalion
126th Infantry Regiment "Spezia"
80th Anti-tank Battalion
70th Machine Gun Battalion
16th Motorized Division "Pistoia"
(in April 1943, the remnants were attached to the Division "Centauro")
Division commander:
Division General Guglielmo Faleggi
The main units of the division:
35th Infantry Regiment "Pistoia"
3rd Artillery Regiment "Fossalta"
16th Mortar Battalion
36th Infantry Regiment "Pistoia"
16th Anti-tank Battalion
51st Engineer Battalion
131st Panzer Division "Centauro"
Division commander:
General Calvi de Bergolo (Tunisia 1943)
The main units of the division (Tunisia 1943):
31st Tank Regiment
5th Bersaglieri Regiment
7th Bersaglieri Regiment
131st Artillery Regiment
31st Engineer Regiment
Cavalry Group "Nizza Monferrato"
remnants of the 16th Motorized Division "Pistoia" (since April 1943)
136th Infantry Division "Young Fascists"
Division commander:
Division General Nino Sozzani
The main units of the division:
136th Infantry Regiment "Young Fascists"
25th Engineer Battalion
136th Artillery Regiment
5th TANK ARMY / XC CORPS until December 9, 1942
Status since February 23, 1943
Commanders-in-Chief:
Panzer General Walter Nering (until December 9, 1942)
Generaloberst Hans-Jurgen von Arnim (December 9, 1943 - March 9, 1943)
Panzer General Gustav von Vaerst (March 9, 1943 - May 13, 1943)
Chiefs of Staff:
Lieutenant General Heinz Ziegler
Major General von Quast
The main units of the Army (December 1942):
Parts of the Panzer Army "Afrika"
Newly arrived units
PARTS OF THE PANZER ARMY "AFRIKA"
10th Panzer Division
Division commanders:
Lieutenant General Wolfgang Fischer (killed 1 February 1943)
Major General Fritz Freiherr von Broich (February 5, 1943 - May 12, 1943)
The main units of the division:
7th Tank Regiment
69th Tank Grenadier Regiment
Assault Regiment "Hermann Goering"
90th Artillery Regiment
10th Motorcycle Battalion
49th Tank Engineer Battalion
90th Anti-tank Battalion
86th Tank Grenadier Regiment
Tank Grenadier Battalion "A4"
Anti-aircraft Group "Böhmer" (Luftwaffe)
90th Tank Reconnaissance Battalion
90th Communications Battalion
21st Panzer Division
Division commanders:
Major General Heinz von Randow (killed 21 December 1942)
Oberst Hans Georg-Hildebrandt (January 1, 1943 - April 25, 1943)
Major General Heinrich-Hermann von Hulsen (April 25, 1943 - May 13, 1943)
The main units of the division:
5th Tank Regiment
104th Panzer Grenadier Regiment
590th Reconnaissance Battalion
200th Tank Engineering Battalion
200th Anti-tank Battalion
155th Artillery Regiment
200th Tank Communication Battalion
NEWLY ARRIVED UNITS
334th Infantry Division
Division commanders:
Oberst Friedrich Weber (November 13, 1942 - April 15, 1943)
Major General Fritz Krause (April 15 - May 8, 1943)
The main units of the division:
754th Tank Grenadier Regiment
756th Regiment of Mountain Chasseurs
334th Artillery Regiment
334th Communications Company
755th Tank Grenadier Regiment
334th Anti-Tank battalion
334th Engineer Battalion
334th Mobile Battalion
November 22, 1942 in Tunisia began the formation of the French division of the Vichy "African Phalanx". In March 1943, 220 servicemen of this formation became part of the 334th Infantry Division.
999th Light Division
Division commanders:
Lieutenant General Kurt Thomas (December 23, 1942 - April 1, 1943)
Oberst Ernst-Günther Baade (April 2 - May 13, 1943)
The main units of the division:
961st Rifle Regiment
962nd Rifle Regiment
963rd Rifle Regiment
999th Artillery Regiment
Division "Von Broich"
(since February 7, 1943 - von Maiteuffel's division)
Division commanders:
Oberst Fritz Freiherr von Broich (November 18, 1942 - February 5, 1943)
Major General Hasso von Manteuffel (February 7, 1943 - March 31, 1943)
Lieutenant General Bulowius (March 31 - May 9, 1943)
The main units of the division:
Airborne Regiment "Barentin"
2nd Artillery Regiment
11th Parachute Engineer Battalion
infantry battalion "T3"
190th Artillery Regiment
10th Bersaglieri Regiment
Division "Hermann Goering"
Division commanders:
Major General Josef Schmid (March 1943 - May 9, 1943)
Commanders:
General of Division Dante Lorenzelli
Division General Count Fernando Gleich
The main units of the division:
Panzer Regiment "Hermann Goering"
1st Grenadier Regiment "Hermann Goering"
104th Panzer Grenadier Regiment (14th Battalion)
1st Anti-Aircraft Regiment "Hermann Goering"
69th Tank Grenadier Regiment (9th Battalion)
90th Artillery Regiment (2nd Battalion)
1st division "Superga" (since April 13, 1943 under the command of the Afrikan Korps)
91st Infantry Regiment "Basilicata"
5th Artillery Regiment "Superga"
101st Engineer Battalion
92nd Infantry Regiment "Basilicata"
1st Anti-tank Battalion
101st Anti-tank Battalion
136th Anti-tank Battalion
Marching Battalion "T5"
Marching Battalion "A22"
Marching Battalion "A25"
Marching Battalion "A26"
Brigade "Imperiale"
Brigade commander:
Brigade General Imperiali di Francavilla
The main units of the brigade:
6th Battalion (consolidated)
557th Anti-tank Battalion
Tank Battalion (15/M41)
35th Artillery Battalion
58th Artillery Battalion
77th Artillery Battalion
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