Erwin Rommel (center), commander of the Africa Corps, at an airfield in Libya during an Axis offensive into neighboring Egypt. [LCID: 90440]
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Africa Corps commander Erwin Rommel

Erwin Rommel (center), German commander of the Africa Corps, at an airfield in Libya during an Axis offensive into neighboring Egypt. British troops decisively defeated Rommel's forces at El Alamein. Libya, September 8, 1942.

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North Africa World War II military campaigns Axis alliance
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