Africa
Following this, von Mellenthin was posted to North Africa, where from June 1941 to September 1942 he served as the Third General Staff Officer (Ic-Intelligence) at Generaloberst Erwin Rommel's HQ of the Afrikakorps (which later became Panzer Group / Panzer Army Afrika). He stayed in this role during the battles of Tobruk, Gazala, Bir Hakeim and El Alamein. From July to September 1942 he also served as the Acting Operations Staff Officer to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Due to the high stress of these assignments, he spent September and October 1942 in a military hospital at Garmisch, Germany recovering from exhaustion and a diagnosis of amoebic dysentery.
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