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Desert Rats
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Author : John Sadler
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2012-12-15
Desert Rats written by John Sadler and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-15 with History categories.
The story of the last surviving 'Desert Rats' in their own words and their experience of war in North Africa.
Desert Rats
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Author : John Parker
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-02-28
Desert Rats written by John Parker and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-28 with History categories.
In the recent war in Iraq, the 7th Armoured Brigade, bearers of the Desert Rats insignia, was immediately engaged in some of the fiercest early fighting, ultimately taking Basra for the Allies. The war in Iraq revived public focus on the Desert Rats whose famous battles of World War II helped turn the tide of German dominance. After World War II the Desert Rats re-emerged as part of the NATO forces during the Cold War years, and in other major deployments in the 1991 Gulf War, Bosnia and Kosovo. In this latest of his military histories, John Parker once again draws heavily on the drama of first-hand accounts for a story that is a seminal part of modern military history.
Desert Rats At War
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Author : George Forty
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Desert Rats At War written by George Forty and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with categories.
Churchill S Desert Rats 2
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Author : Patrick Delaforce
language : en
Publisher: Sutton Publishing
Release Date : 2002
Churchill S Desert Rats 2 written by Patrick Delaforce and has been published by Sutton Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
The 7th Armoured Division was widely recognized as being the most powerful in Europe during World War II. Its emblem of a scarlet desert rat became famous throughout the British Army and to the war-torn British public as a symbol of heroism in their time of need. This volume sees the Desert Rats fighting in North Africa, Burma, Sicily and Italy. Their bravery is relived through the words of the combatant soldiers - the author has interviewed troopers, gunners and infantrymen to tell this story of Churchill's favourite division.
The Desert Rats
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Author : Robin Neillands
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 1991-01-01
The Desert Rats written by Robin Neillands and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-01 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Desert Rats At War
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Author : George Forty
language : en
Publisher: Air Sea Media
Release Date : 2014-06-19
Desert Rats At War written by George Forty and has been published by Air Sea Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-19 with History categories.
70 years ago, on 7 June 1944, the British 7th Armored Division landed in Normandy, halfway through a wartime journey that had started in north Africa. Formed on 16 February 1940, it adopted the Jerboa as its divisional signÑand while many units that fought in the desert call themselves by the name, 7th Armoured Division are the original ÔDesert RatsÕ. The division helped destroy the Italian Tenth Army at Beda Fomm on 7 February 1941, defeat the Desert?FoxÑRommelÑat El Alamein in October 1942, and drive Axis forces out of North?Africa. After the desert, 7th Armored Division landed at Salerno on 15 September 1943, in time to help repulse concerted German counterattacks, beforeÑas part of U.S. Fifth ArmyÕs British X CorpsÑit took Naples and crossed the Volturno. Pulled out of Italy, it reached England in January 1944 where it prepared to enter the Northwestern European theater at Gold Beach from 7 June, equipped with the new Cromwell and the Sherman Firefly. The division had difficulties in Normandy, particularly at Villers-Bocage, and suffered the ignominy of having its GOCÑGeorge ErskineÑand a number of officers sacked and moved to other positions. Erskine was replaced by Gerald Lloyd Verney on 4 August 1944. He helped reinstill confidence and discipline to the division which took part in the Allied liberation of France and Belgium, entering Ghent in September. Verney was, in turn, replaced by Lewis Lyne in November 1944 and Lyne led the division on their final advance through Holland and into Germany. The Desert Rats ended the war with the liberation of Hamburg on 3 May 1945 after one of the most remarkable military journeys in history and was chosen to take part in the Allied victory parade held in Berlin on 21 July 1945. Winston Churchill recognized the achievements of the division when he spoke at the opening of a soldiersÕ club in Berlin: ÔDear Desert Rats! May your glory ever shine! May your laurels never fade! May the memory of this glorious pilgrimage of war which you have made from Alamein, via the Baltic to Berlin never die!Õ Desert Rats at War is an evocation of what it was like to serve with the division, in the African desert and Europe, from the first encounters by the Mobile Force in 1940 to Berlin in 1945. Full of eyewitness accounts and private photos, Desert Rats at War has been completely revised and updated, with additional text, maps and photographs.
The Desert Rats
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Author : Roger Parkinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
The Desert Rats written by Roger Parkinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
In this fascinating book, the author tells how badly Britain needed to defeat the German panzer divisions, led by the brilliant Rommel, the "Desert Fox." He evokes what life was like for troops, and describes how day after day the tanks would grind forward, then mass together, their caterpillar tracks screeching across the flinty ground, ready for the great battles - from the dramatic defence of Tobruk to the great climax at Alamein, when Montgomery's Desert Rats finally routrd the Nazi enemy from the shores of North Africa.
Desert Rats At War
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Author : George Forty
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
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Desert Rats
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Author : Chinle Miller
language : en
Publisher: Yellow Cat Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Desert Rats written by Chinle Miller and has been published by Yellow Cat Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Fiction categories.
"Generously described as eco-humor, anything's fair game for Chinle's understated tongue-in-cheek writing."--Back cover.
The Desert Rats
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Author : G. L. Verney
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2002-11-15
The Desert Rats written by G. L. Verney and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-15 with History categories.
The exploits of the Desert Rats Based on official records and personal accounts Traces the division's progress in North Africa, Italy, Normandy and Germany This classic and inspiring account of the progress of the 7th Armoured Division from the sands of North Africa to the cold of wintery Holland and the mud of a German springtime. Based on official records, and written by one of the division's key officers, this book is an outstanding testament to the officers and men of an astonishing unit. The division's reputation was born in the desert. It first went into action against the Italians in 1940 and then, subsequently, fought Rommel's Afrika Korps in Montgomery's successful Western Desert campaign. It was during this period of intense fighting that the division won its affectionate nickname of 'Desert Rats'. From there the division was transported to Italy and, later, Normandy and from then on was almost constantly in battle until the end of the war. The Desert Rats was written with official support, and with the help of most of the division's senior officers, and the author has been able to provide a unique insight into the workings of a formidable unit. The book stands testament to the unique morale of the division and is an enduring story of difficulties overcome. Major-General Verney served as a tank brigade commander in World War II and went on to command 7th Armoured Division in Normandy in 1944.