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Desert Rats, group of British soldiers who helped defeat the Germans in North Africa during World War II. The Desert Rats, led by Gen. John Harding, were especially noted for a hard-fought three-month campaign against the more-experienced German Afrika Korps, led by Gen. Erwin Rommel (“The Desert Fox”).
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Aug 30, 2024 · British and British Empire soldiers of the 7th Armoured Division of WWII were called the Desert Rats because of their abilities in the desert and their shoulder badge showing a jerboa, the desert rodent.
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Feb 17, 2011 · Rommel's attack in Egypt caught the Allies unawares © General Archibald Wavell, the senior British commander in Egypt, knew - through intercepted and decoded German radio transmissions - just how...
The British Army had deployed small armoured car forces in the Western Desert of Egypt and Cyrenaica for many years, with the first ones operating in the Western Desert towards the end of the Great War.
Jan 22, 2006 · (The Desert Rats). October 1942: The Commonwealth Troops had suffered terrible losses at Benghazi and Tobruk for about a year or more, and were now being pushed back into Egypt.
When he informed Hobart that they were called desert rats, Hobart decided to use that as the nickname for the division. George Forty , who edited the memoir, included a contradictory note that disputed Leakey's version of events and explained the story surrounding Creagh and his wife at the zoo.
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Jan 22, 2006 · Conditions during the desert campaign were miserable. Hence the name “desert rats”. Water shortage was one of our biggest problems. The Battery water cart managed to find us occasionally.
