Ka kammala wannan magana: A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1942, 'yan Allied
Ya sauka a Faransa ta Arewacin Afirka, kuma Rukunin Panzer na 10 ya mamaye Vichy Faransa (Case Anton) kafin a canza shi don yin yaƙi a Kamfen na Tunisia, a matsayin wani ɓangare na. A cikin 1943, an ba Stauffenberg mukamin (laftanar-kolonel na babban ma'aikacin), kuma an tura shi zuwa Afirka don shiga cikin Rukunin Panzer na 10 a matsayin Jami'in Ayyuka a Babban Jami'in (Ia). A ranar 19 ga Fabrairu, Rommel ya kaddamar da hare-haren da ya yi a kan sojojin Birtaniya, Amurka da Faransa a Tunisia. Kwamandan rundunar Axis sun yi fatan shiga cikin sauri ta hanyar Sbiba ko Kasserine Pass zuwa bayan sojojin Birtaniya na farko. An dakatar da hare-haren a Sbiba, don haka Rommel ya mai da hankali kan Kasserine Pass inda galibi Sojojin Bersaglieri na 7 na Italiya da 131st Armored Division Centauro suka kayar da masu kare Amurka. A lokacin yakin, Stauffenberg ya hau tare da manyan tankuna da dakarun 10th Panzer Division. Rukunin, tare da Rukunin Panzer na 21, sun ɗauki matsayin kariya kusa da Mezzouna a ranar 8 ga Afrilu.