![]() Afrika Korps - the elite German mechanized force commanded by Erwin Rommel which performed exemplary in Hitler's North African campaigns between 1941-1943.These attacks ultimately failed and the air campaign is now known in the anglophone world as the Battle of Britain. Adlerangriff - "Eagle Attack" term for projected "decisive attack" by the Luftwaffe on RAF Fighter Command under the direction of Hermann Goering, instituted to gain control of the skies from the Royal Air Force and soften Britain for the impending invasion forces planned in Operation Seelöwe (Sea Lion).Abzeichen - insignia badge of rank, appointment or distinction.Also an element in such compounds as Fliegerabwehr-Kanone "anti-aircraft gun." ![]() Abwehr - "defense" as a shortening of Spionage Abwehr (spy defense) the term referred to the counter-espionage service (German Secret Service) of the German High Command, headed by Admiral Canaris.Abteilungsveterinär - battalion veterinarian. ![]()
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