No Waffen-SS unit fought in North Africa, however there were other SS troops stationed there, namely the SD Einsatz-Kommando Tunis, formed in 1942 and disbanded in 1943. It was responsible for combatting spies, black marketeers and other such elements as well as inspecting the French police forces in Tunisia.

Commanders

SS-Oberstrumbannführer Walther Rauff

Notable members

Walther Rauff (recipient of the German Cross in both Gold and Silver)

Sources used

Roger James Bender & Richard D. Law - Uniforms, organization and history of the Afrikakorps

Reference material on this unit

- None known at this time -