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Deutschlandfunk (inoffiziell)<p>Putins Machtinstrument - Russische Kämpfer in Afrika</p><p>Um den Krieg gegen die Ukraine zu finanzieren und politisch zu unterstützen, setzt Russland unter anderem auf Länder in Afrika.<a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=Wagner-Gruppe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wagner-Gruppe</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=Afrikakorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afrikakorps</span></a> <a href="https://squeet.me/search?tag=AFRIKA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AFRIKA</span></a><br><a href="https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/putins-machtinstrument-russische-kaempfer-in-afrika-dlf-7257f234-100.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Putins Machtinstrument: Russische Kämpfer in Afrika</a></p>
hex<p>Now is probably a good time for my US comrades to learn about what <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wagner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wagner</span></a> is doing in Africa (renamed as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AfricaCorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricaCorps</span></a> but really <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AfrikaKorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfrikaKorps</span></a>). <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Academi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academi</span></a> (formerly <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackwater</span></a>) will be deployed to support ICE to suppress protests, like they probably were in Portland at the end of Trump's first term.</p><p>But don't rule out Putin sending in Wagner to support Trump if things get wild during this term, perhaps to violently suppress the next anti-police uprising.</p><p>This is less of a "I think this is likely" and more of a "well, anything can happen" type of thing. It never hurts to know more about the world.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>The Deutsches Afrika Korps (DAK) was an elite German armoured unit that fought in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AfrikaKorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfrikaKorps</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ErwinRommel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErwinRommel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GermanArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GermanArmy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoryFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryFacts</span></a> <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Afrika_Korps/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">worldhistory.org/Afrika_Korps/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
World History Encyclopedia<p>The Battle of Gazala in Libya in May-June 1942 was a decisive victory for German and Italian forces led by General Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) against British, Commonwealth, and Free French forces during the Western Desert Campaigns (Jun 1940 to Jan 1943) of the Second World War (1939-1945). <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AfrikaKorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfrikaKorps</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ErwinRommel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErwinRommel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gazala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gazala</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoryFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryFacts</span></a> <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2505/battle-of-gazala/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">worldhistory.org/article/2505/</span><span class="invisible">battle-of-gazala/</span></a></p>
tagesschau<p>Russlands Afrikakorps: Putins neue Militärstrategie für Afrika</p><p>Jahrelang kämpften in Afrika Söldner der Gruppe Wagner inoffiziell im Auftrag Russlands. Nach dem Tod von deren Chef Prigoschin baut der Kreml eine neue Truppe auf, die direkt dem Verteidigungsministerium untersteht: das "Afrikakorps". Von J.-M. Magro.</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/afrika/russlands-afrika-korps-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&amp;at_campaign=tagesschau.de" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tagesschau.de/ausland/afrika/r</span><span class="invisible">usslands-afrika-korps-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&amp;at_campaign=tagesschau.de</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ard.social/tags/Russland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russland</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/AfrikaKorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfrikaKorps</span></a> <a href="https://ard.social/tags/WagnerGruppe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WagnerGruppe</span></a></p>
The Crusader Project<p>If you are interested in how the water supply for the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/afrikakorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>afrikakorps</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/desertwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desertwar</span></a> worked, we've got you covered, thanks to the kind translation work of Raúl M. on the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/axishistoryforum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>axishistoryforum</span></a>. <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ww2history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ww2history</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/rommel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rommel</span></a>'s 'Rock Doctors' </p><p><a href="https://rommelsriposte.com/2022/07/29/water-water-everywhere-the-d-a-k-water-supply-1941-43/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rommelsriposte.com/2022/07/29/</span><span class="invisible">water-water-everywhere-the-d-a-k-water-supply-1941-43/</span></a></p>
The Crusader Project<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/onthisday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onthisday</span></a> in 1941, a conference was held in <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rome</span></a> to discuss the challenging supply situation in North Africa. As a result of this conference, a document was produced that set out the monthly supply requirements of the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/afrikakorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>afrikakorps</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/german" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>german</span></a> forces in <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/northafrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>northafrica</span></a>. This is a very useful document as it puts the supply struggle into a clear perspective, and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a> in North Africa cannot be understood without understanding the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/logistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logistics</span></a> of campaigning there. </p><p><a href="https://crusaderproject.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/monthly-supply-requirements-of-german-forces-in-africa-nov-1941/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crusaderproject.wordpress.com/</span><span class="invisible">2011/06/01/monthly-supply-requirements-of-german-forces-in-africa-nov-1941/</span></a></p>
The Crusader Project<p>On 11 November 1941 an Order of Battle (Kriegsstärkenachweisung - KStN) was produced for the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Afrikakorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afrikakorps</span></a> Division z.b.V. Afrika (Special purpose division Africa), which just over two weeks later was to become the much more famous <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/90thlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>90thlight</span></a> 90. leichte Division. At this time it was barely a brigade, practically immobile, lacking heavy weapons and standard supply items. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ww2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ww2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/desertwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desertwar</span></a> #1941 <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/northafrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>northafrica</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/tobruk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tobruk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/rommel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rommel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/eightharmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eightharmy</span></a> <a href="https://crusaderproject.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/order-of-battle-division-z-b-v-afrika-africa-special-purpose-division-10-november-41/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crusaderproject.wordpress.com/</span><span class="invisible">2009/08/15/order-of-battle-division-z-b-v-afrika-africa-special-purpose-division-10-november-41/</span></a></p>
अपना ख्याल रखना<p>Frau @ak@twitter.com​Kalaschnikow meldet sich freiwillig beim neuen deutschen <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Afrikakorps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afrikakorps</span></a>. Sie will mit Uniform im Zug nach Mali fahren.<br>@DasErste@twitter.com hat <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Rommel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rommel</span></a> ja nicht ohne Grund als Helden aufgebaut.<br><a href="https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/kramp-karrenbauer-zu-bundeswehr-in-sahel-zone-fuer.1939.de.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">deutschlandfunk.de/kramp-karre</span><span class="invisible">nbauer-zu-bundeswehr-in-sahel-zone-fuer.1939.de.html</span></a></p>