Sorry I haven't replied sooner. I've been comparing, with the aid of a magnifying glass, the faces in the Desert Rats 8th Army Photo with those in mine but can't place any. Could the location of ...

The brigade will be moved from Germany to Britain as part of government cuts to the Armed Forces. The Army's "Desert Rats" are to lose their tanks and become an infantry unit as part of defence cuts.

I just can't imagine the 7th Armoured being without tanks ... those who fought in the Army - led during the war by General Bernard Montgomery. The Desert Rats, famous for victories in battles ...

WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii - Soldiers with the 8th Human Resources Sustainment Center (HRSC) traded the sandstorms of Kuwait for the sandy beaches of Hawaii as they returned home, Sept.

Desert Rats have wiped out a squadron of Iraqi tanks near Basra as UK soldiers revealed grim details of military forces massing in Iraq's second city. The engagement was described by military ...

It took us a long time to remove the thousands of mines, burnt-out vehicles, tanks and guns ... Conditions during the desert campaign were miserable. Hence the name “desert rats”.

The British Army ... the “Desert Rats” 7th Armoured Brigade, led US and British forces to victory over Iraq forces in 1991, said: “There are 100 nations in the world who have battle tanks ...

Then we had the small task of reversing the advance of the Germans and Italians commanded by Field Marshall Rommel (The desert fox). They included the crack Panzer divisions who had mainly tanks ...