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As the number of German armed forces committed to the North Africa Campaign of World War II grew from the initial commitment of a small corps the Germans developed a more elaborate command structure and placed the enlarged ''Afrika Korps'', with Italian units under this new German command and a succession of commands were created to manage Axis forces in Africa: *''Panzer'' Group Africa, (''Panzergruppe Afrika'', ''Gruppo Corazzato Africa'') August 1941 – January 1942; German-Italian force *''Panzer'' Army Africa, (''Panzerarmee Afrika'', ''Armata Corazzata Africa'') January–October 1942 *German-Italian ''Panzer'' Army, (''Deutsch-Italienische Panzerarmee'', ''Armata Corazzata Italo-Tedesca'') October 1942 – February 1943 *Army Group Africa, (''Heeresgruppe Afrika'', ''Gruppo d'Armate Africa'') February–May 1943 ==''Panzer'' Group Africa== When the ''Afrika Korps'' was formed on 11 January 1941 it was officially subordinated to the Italian chain of command in Africa. In the middle of 1941 the German Armed Forces High Command (German acronym ''OKW'') created a larger command structure in Africa, forming a new headquarters called ''Panzer'' Group Africa (''Panzergruppe Afrika'', ''Gruppo Corazzato Africa''). On 15 August 1941, ''Panzer'' Group Africa was activated with newly promoted ''General der Panzertruppe'' Erwin Rommel in command. The ''Panzer'' Group controlled the ''Afrika Korps'' plus some additional units that were sent to Africa (notably the 90th Light Infantry Division), as well as two Italian corps, X and XX. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Panzer Army Africa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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