German–Italian Panzer Army

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