In the North African Campaign, not only was there in-fighting between the two Axis partners, but at a senior level in the German leadership.
Rommel and the senior Luftwaffe commander on his front weren't even on speaking terms ( one time Rommel said something to the Luftwaffe officer which so offended him that he demanded a court marshall in order to clear his name, it was only because Kesselring manage to calm them down that this didn't happen)

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