LRDG (full name: Long Range Desert Group is the name of the British elite unit from the Second World War. It was formed in Egypt in 1940, and its formal dissolution took place in August 1945. He brought it to life by a special order of General Archibald Wavell. It was made up of soldiers from all over the British Empire, and many of them were volunteers. The LRDG was used primarily to conduct reconnaissance and subversive activities against the Axis forces in the period 1940-1943 in North Africa. Sometimes, however, the unit was used as a classic combat unit. One of the most famous LRDG operations was Operation Caravan, i.e. a relatively small attack on the city of Barka. The soldiers of the formation, which had a maximum of 350-400 people, used specially adapted cars for their tasks - especially Jeep Willys or Chevrolet 30CWT cars. After the end of the fighting in North Africa in 1943, the unit served in the Middle East and the Balkans.
Afrika Korps (full German name: Deutsches Afrikakorps, abbreviated as DAK) is colloquially understood as the collective name of German land units fighting in North Africa in 1941-1943. The Afrika Korps was formed in February 1941, as a result of the painful defeats suffered by the Italian army during the battles with the British in Africa at the turn of 1940/1941. His main task was to come to the aid of the Italian ally and stop the advance of British troops in Libya. The commander of the unit was a general, and later a field marshal, Erwin Rommel. Initially, the DAK consisted of only the 5th Light Division (later transformed into the 21st Armored Division), in May 1941 it was joined by the 15th Armored Division, and at the end of 1941 - the 90th Light Division. It is worth adding that already in the middle of 1941 the Panzergruppe Afrika was founded, headed by Erwin Rommel, and it was joined by Afrika Korps. Despite the defensive tasks, the DAK (or more broadly the Panzergruppe Afrika) very quickly after landing - on the initiative of its commander - went into strictly offensive operations, inflicting a series of defeats in the desert on the British in 1941-1942. However, it was then that its commander was nicknamed the Desert Fox. At the same time, however, from the very beginning, DAK was troubled by supply problems, which had a negative impact on its ability to conduct offensive actions. He suffered a significant defeat during the Second Battle of El Alamein (October-November 1942), which forced the DAK to retreat as far as Tunisia, in which he fought until May 1943.