Afrika Korps

The Afrika Korps, a Nazi German military unit led by Field Marshall Erwin Rommel. The Afrika Korps entered the North African campaign to aid Germany's Italian allies when the Italians suffered a series of defeats at the hands of the British. Rommel launched an offensive from El Agheila which pushed the British back into Egypt. The British subsequently attacked advancing back to El Aghelia. Again the Afrika Korps attacked pushing the British Commonwealth forces back to Egypt where the German advance was stopped at the first battle of El Alamein.

The British Commonwealth forces then defeated the Afrika Korps at Alam Halfa and the second battle of El Alamein in late 1942.

Shortly afterwards, the Americans launched Operation Torch along with some British troops and some Free French forces. Operation Torch defeated the Afrika Korps and eventually forced them to surrender.