The Desert Rats

Of all the units that marched with the Desert Army, none was more famous thanhe 7th Aroured Division, the most renowned British fighting force of Worldar II: 'The Desert Rats'. This Division fought in all the great battles ofhe Desert War - at Sidi Rezegh against the full might of Rommel's Afrikaorps; at Alamein, Tripoll and Tunis. And when the Axis was pushed out offrica they moved on to Italy, France, Belgium and finally, triumphantly, toerlin itself, the heart of the Nazi empire. This book tells the story of theesert Rats largely in the words of the soldiers themselves. From commandingeneral to tank gunner, artillery man and most junior squaddie, these menring history to life in all its horror and glory.