Afrika Korpsn.

Brit.

/ˈafrᵻkə ˈkɔː/, U.S.

/ˈæfrəkə ˈkɔr/

Forms: 1900s– Africa Corps, 1900s– Afrika Corps, 1900s– Afrika Korps, 1900s– Afrikakorps.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymons: German Afrika-Korps, Afrikakorps.

Etymology: < German Afrika-Korps (1940 or earlier; also Afrikakorps) < Afrika Africa (see African n. and adj.) + Korps corps n.¹

Military.

(The name of) a unit of the German army established in 1941 under General (later Field Marshal) Rommel (1891–1944) to support the Italian army in North Africa, subsequently assuming a more aggressive role in the region as part of the German Panzer Group Africa.

ΚΠ

1941 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 24 Mar. 9/1 The German press published a picture today showing Adolf Hitler bestowing an oak leaf decoration on General Erwin Rommel, ‘commanding general of the German Africacorps’.

1942 N.Y. Times 24 June 3/1 The German Africa Corps defeated the Eighth Army because it had speed, anger, virility and toughness.

1965 A. J. P. Taylor Eng. Hist. 1914–45 xiv. 524 Squadrons of the Luftwaffe were sent to Sicily,..an Afrika Korps under Rommel was prepared for Libya; and Hitler also prepared to knock out Greece.

1992 P. Teed Oxf. Dict. 20th Cent. Hist. 401 In 1941 he [sc. Rommel] was sent to command the Afrika Korps, an élite tank formation which bore the brunt of the fighting in Libya.

2000 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 3 June A snorer..who slept by an open window and whose rich, nocturnal nasal noises had jolted Rommel's Afrika Korps.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	afrika korps
释义	Afrika Korpsn. Brit. /ˈafrᵻkə ˈkɔː/, U.S. /ˈæfrəkə ˈkɔr/ Forms: 1900s– Africa Corps, 1900s– Afrika Corps, 1900s– Afrika Korps, 1900s– Afrikakorps. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymons: German Afrika-Korps, Afrikakorps. Etymology: < German Afrika-Korps (1940 or earlier; also Afrikakorps) < Afrika Africa (see African n. and adj.) + Korps corps n.¹ Military. (The name of) a unit of the German army established in 1941 under General (later Field Marshal) Rommel (1891–1944) to support the Italian army in North Africa, subsequently assuming a more aggressive role in the region as part of the German Panzer Group Africa. ΚΠ 1941 Daily Times-News (Burlington, N. Carolina) 24 Mar. 9/1 The German press published a picture today showing Adolf Hitler bestowing an oak leaf decoration on General Erwin Rommel, ‘commanding general of the German Africacorps’. 1942 N.Y. Times 24 June 3/1 The German Africa Corps defeated the Eighth Army because it had speed, anger, virility and toughness. 1965 A. J. P. Taylor Eng. Hist. 1914–45 xiv. 524 Squadrons of the Luftwaffe were sent to Sicily,..an Afrika Korps under Rommel was prepared for Libya; and Hitler also prepared to knock out Greece. 1992 P. Teed Oxf. Dict. 20th Cent. Hist. 401 In 1941 he [sc. Rommel] was sent to command the Afrika Korps, an élite tank formation which bore the brunt of the fighting in Libya. 2000 Scotsman (Electronic ed.) 3 June A snorer..who slept by an open window and whose rich, nocturnal nasal noises had jolted Rommel's Afrika Korps. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1941
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