Talk:Second Battle of El Alamein order of battle

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[edit] Chain of Command

Awesome work from HLGallon filling out the Axis order of battle. But I'm a bit confused. Nowhere in the Second Battle of El Alamein text or in the Panzer Army Africa article is there any mention of an Italian Army Africa, nor is there an article on this formation but here it is in the order of battle implying a separate entity. The Panzer Army Africa article shows the Italian Corps as being under Rommel's Panzer Army HQ whereas this order of battle doesn't. Which is correct? Stephen Kirrage ^{talk - contribs} 22:15, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

My source is Alamein, C.E. Lucas Philips, Pan Books, 1965, ISBN 0 330 30011 3 . The Italian forces are definitely listed under their own HQ, but this was probably an administrative headquarters only. Rommel's Panzer Army Afrika had tactical control of all formations in the desert. I'll try and make this clear in the article. HLGallon 23:16, 4 August 2007 (UTC)