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The Desert Rats is a 1953 American black-and-white war film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Robert L. Jacks, directed by Robert Wise, that stars Richard Burton, James Mason, and Robert Newton. The film's storyline concerns the Siege of Tobruk in 1941 North Africa during World War II.
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”).
The Desert Rats: Directed by Robert Wise. With Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas. Richard Burton plays a Scottish Army officer put in charge of a disparate band of ANZAC troops on the perimeter of Tobruk with the German Army doing their best to dislodge them.
Richard Burton stars in this exciting story of the stubborn, courageous men who held Rommel at bay in North Africa despite hopelessly outnumbered.
The brigade, consisting of 112 Challenger 2 tanks, 140 Warriors and 32 AS-90 155 mm self-propelled howitzers, entered Iraq on 21 March. The main objective of the Desert Rats was to advance towards Iraq's second largest city, Basra, and help encircle and isolate it.
Witness the intense tank warfare in North Africa during World War II as The Desert Rats face off against Rommel's German Africa Corps. Learn about the iconic Panzer III and the challenges faced...
7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team, ‘The Desert Rats’ is the Army’s deployable Light Mechanised Brigade. The Brigade consists of a light cavalry regiment, four light mechanised infantry battalions, and a light infantry battalion, with supporting artillery, engineering, logistics and medical regiments integrated into the Brigade ...
