Army Group Africa

Army group · Germany · August 15, 1941 – May 13, 1943

German-Italian army group under Rommel, then von Arnim, that commanded the Axis armies in Tunisia until their surrender with about 250,000 men.

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Sub-units 2

Army 1st Army (Italy)
Army 5th Panzer Army

Movements

July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918 World War I
May 15 – June 10, 1916 Battle of Asiago
September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 World War II
September 7–10, 1939 Battle of Łomża (1939)
September 14–17, 1939 Battle of Brześć Litewski
May 10, 1940 German invasion of Luxembourg
May 10 – June 25, 1940 Battle of France
May 22–26, 1940 Siege of Calais (1940)
June 10–25, 1940 Italian invasion of France
June 11, 1940 – February 4, 1943 Western Desert campaign
October 28, 1940 – April 23, 1941 Greco-Italian War
November 2–8, 1940 Battle of Elaia–Kalamas
January 6–11, 1941 Capture of Klisura Pass
February 6 – May 25, 1941 Operation Sonnenblume
April 6–18, 1941 Invasion of Yugoslavia
June 22, 1941 – January 7, 1942 Operation Barbarossa
May 26 – June 21, 1942 Battle of Gazala
December 11–18, 1942 Battle of El Agheila
January 22–23, 1943 Battle of Tripoli (1943)
February 14–17, 1943 Battle of Sidi Bou Zid
February 19–25, 1943 Battle of Kasserine Pass
February 23, 1943 Tunisian campaign Formed in Tunisia Map
March 16–31, 1943 Battle of the Mareth Line
March 23, 1943 Battle of El Guettar
May 13, 1943 Surrenders on Cap Bon Map
June 6, 1944 Operation Mallard
June 6 – August 29, 1944 Normandy landings
June 6, 1944 Capture of the Caen Canal and Orne River bridges
June 6 – August 6, 1944 Battle for Caen
June 10, 1944 Raid on La Caine
July 30 – August 7, 1944 Operation Bluecoat
August 12–21, 1944 Falaise pocket
September 18–29, 1944 Battle of Arracourt
December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945 Battle of the Bulge
December 21, 1944 Battle of St. Vith
December 31, 1944 – January 25, 1945 Operation Northwind (1944)
January 12 – February 2, 1945 Vistula–Oder offensive
March 22 – May 8, 1945 Western Allied invasion of Germany
April 16 – May 2, 1945 Battle of Berlin
April 18, 1945 Ruhr Pocket