 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Kurayira kutsva kwaCrasemann kwaive chikamu che15th Panzer Division uye nayo, akapinda mukubatana kwakakosha muNorth Africa, kusanganisira Operation Crusader uye hondo dzakatenderedza Tobruk. Akapiwa Knights Cross of the Iron Cross musi wa 26 December 1941 nokuda kwekutungamira kwake kwe33rd Motorised Artillery Regiment, akasimudzirwa ku oberst colonel kutanga kwegore rakatevera. Apo mutungamiri we15th Panzer Division akakuvadzwa muna May 1942, Crasemann akaitwa mutungamiri wayo. Akatungamirira boka racho muHondo yeGazalauye, pamwe chete nemamwe mauto aRommel, vakabatsira kukurira Britain. Mukupera kwaJuly, mushure mekurwisana kwakatevera uko chikamu, pamwe chete ne21st Panzer Division, vakatora Tobruk uye 35 000 mauto eAllied, Crasemann akadzokera kunotungamira 33rd Artillery Regiment se Generalmajor Heinz von Randow akanga asvika muAfrica kuti atore chikamu. 