Afrika Korps

The Afrika Korps or Nazi Union Africa Corps, formerly the German Afrika Korps (German: Nazi-Union Afrikakorps, NUAK; formerly Deutsches Afrika Korps, DAK), is the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African Campaign of World War II, and agains as the Nazi Union expeditionary force in Africa during the African campaigns of World War III. First sent as a holding force to shore up the Italian defense of their African colonies, the formation fought on in Africa, under various appellations, from March 1941 until its surrender in May 1943. The unit's best known commander was Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.