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	British 7th Armoured Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 7th Armoured Division (known as the "Desert Rats") of the British Army was the most famous unit of its type in British service during World War II.
		It was a regular division in the Middle East, designated the Mobile Division at first, renamed the Armoured Division (Egypt) in September 1939, and finally 7th Armoured Division on 16 February 1940.
		The Division remained in Germany as part of the occupation forces and then into the 1950s as part of the British Army of the Rhine standing watch against the Warsaw Pact.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Desert_Rats (871 words)

	British 7th Armoured Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 7th Armoured Division (The Desert Rats) of the British Army was the most famous unit of its type in British service during World War II.
		It was a regular division in the Middle East, designated the Mobile Division at first, renamed the Armoured Division (Egypt) in September 1939, and finally 7th Armoured Division on 16th February 1940.
		As the tanks were unable to travel fast enough, the maneuver was led by a brigade of armoured cars, towed artillery, and infantry, which completed the trip in 30 hours, cutting off the Italian retreat and effectively destroying the Italian Tenth Army.
	www.webstercc.com /encyclopedia/en/wikipedia/b/br/british_7th_armoured_division.html (604 words)

	Encyclopedia: British 7th Armoured Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Badge of the 79th Armoured Division Amphibious DD tanks await blowing of breaches in sea wall on Utah Beach.
		The 7th Armoured Brigade is a unit of the British Army.
		British armoured divisions Thomas Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly (1914 - 1988), known as Dan Ranfurly, was a Second Lieutenant in the British 7th Armoured Division, called the Desert Rats.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/British-7th-Armoured-Division (2212 words)

	British 7th Armoured Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It was a regular division in the MiddleEast, designated the Mobile Division at first, renamed the Armoured Division (Egypt) in September 1939, and finally 7thArmoured Division on 16th February 1940.
		As the tanks were unable to travelfast enough, the maneuver was led by a brigade of armoured cars, towed artillery, and infantry, which completed the trip in 30 hours, cutting off the Italian retreat and effectively destroyingthe Italian TenthArmy.
		7th Armoured Division then took part in Operation Husky, theinvasion of Sicily, and also the early part of the campaign in Italy.
	www.therfcc.org /british-7th-armoured-division-214425.html (588 words)

	The 4th Armoured Brigade, Chapter III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On the 21st we rejoined 7th Armoured Division, leaving the Greys behind with the New Zealand Division, with whom they were to stay for the rest of the campaign in North Africa.
		While the rest of the division was celebrating the capture of Tripoli, we pushed further west to Jefren, communication with the Royals being made difficult by the fact that the roads up the escarpment at Garian and Jefren were both blown.
		On the 24th, when it was clear that the 50th Division's attack at the north end of the line had failed, 1st Armoured Division crossed the mountains to join the New Zealand Division south of El Hamma and 4th Indian Division took on the job of clearing the mountains.
	www.warlinks.com /armour/4th_armoured/chapter_3.html (3004 words)

	7th Armoured Brigade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		7th Armoured Brigade was raised as part of the newly formed 7th Armoured Division from garrison troops stationed in North Africa in 1938.
		In early 1942 7th Armoured Brigade was moved to Burma - it arrived at Rangoon in February 1942 and was involved in the retreat through Burma to India during that year.
		In 1959 the 7th Armoured Division was disbanded, but the history and name was carried on by the 7th Armoured Brigade.
	www.army.mod.uk /aroundtheworld/7th_armoured (536 words)

	HQ ARRC - 1st (US) ARMOURED DIVISION
		The distinctive insignia of the 1st Armoured Division is a combination of the triangular crest of the World War I Tank Corps and of the round shoulder patch of the 7th Cavalry Brigade.
		McGruder envisioned that the newly formed 1st Armoured Division would be as instrumental in land warfare as the “Constitution” was in naval conflicts.
		On Jan. 17, 1992, the 8th Infantry Division (Mechanised) was redesignated as the 1st Armoured Division and Old Ironsides made its new home in the wine region of Rhineland-Pfalz, with the division headquarters moving to Rose Barracks in historic Bad Kreuznach.
	www.arrc.nato.int /divisions/1usdiv.htm (879 words)

	The 4th Armoured Brigade, Chapter II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We were to advance on the left flank Of 4th Indian Division along the top of the escarpment towards Halfaya, while the rest of 7th Armoured Division were to outflank Capuzzo from the south.
		As armoured regiments we now had 8th Hussars from 7th Armoured Brigade, 3rd Royal Tanks returned from Greece where they had served with 1st Armoured Brigade, and 5th Royal Tanks, survivors of the ill fated 3rd Armoured Brigade, lost in Cyrenaica in April.
		The brigade, with the rest of the division, was withdrawn to the Trigh el Abd in preparation for a thrust in co-operation with 4th Indian Division towards El Adem.
	www.warlinks.com /armour/4th_armoured/chapter_2.html (2914 words)

	The 8th Armoured Brigade, Chapter VI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For seven days the Brigade supported 51st (Highland) Division, 43rd Division who had come up on the left of the former, and the 9th Canadian Brigade in heavy and continuous fighting within the bridgehead, fighting that was characterised by bold use by the Germans of SP guns and very heavy mortar concentrations.
		The 52nd (Lowland) Division were to attack with their left on the river while 43rd Division were to be on their right supported by 8th Armoured Brigade less 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards who were to remain with 3rd Division and capture that part of Bremen which lay South of the river.
		On the 29th the 43rd Division set off in a northerly direction through miles of the most appalling bogland where no vehicle could move off the road and where all roads were punctuated with enormous craters.
	www.warlinks.com /armour/8th_armoured/chapter_6.html (1975 words)

	WWII Chapter 10
		To keep the Italians at a disadvantage, the British 7th Armoured Division began to make daily armoured raids across the Libyan frontier, the success of which, although in fact due to superior British training and discipline, was interpreted by the Italian Army as being the result of the inferiority of Italian weapons.
		Two Libyan native divisions under Graziani's command were holding positions along the coast, and the 4th Blackshirt Division was to the rear of Sidi Barrani.
		By January 27th, the 7th Armoured Division was at Mechili, some 140 miles from Beda Fomm, near the Gulf of Sirte, South of Benghazi.
	www.whatifyou.com /ww2memorial/wwii__chapter_10.htm (1759 words)

	British 7th Armoured Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 7th Armoured Division (The Desert Rats) of the British Army was the most famous unit of type in British service during World War II It was a regular division in Middle East designated the Mobile Division at first the Armoured Division (Egypt) in September 1939 finally 7th Armoured Division on 16th February
		7th Armoured Division took part in of the major battles of the North Campaign including both at El Alamein.
		As the British Army became smaller in the later years higher numbered divisions were removed from the of battle to make way for lower formations.
	www.freeglossary.com /Desert_rats (630 words)

	United Kingdom: Desert Rats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 7th Armoured were the first to enter the desert war against the Italians in 1941, where they soon earned the nickname "desert rats".
		The 7th Armoured Brigade, which went to Burma and called themselves the "jungle rats", had a green jerboa in a red circlet on a white background.
		Attached is an approximation of the 7th Armoured Division flag at the end of WW2, based on photographs of other divisional flags and photographs of the 7th's formation sign.
	www.fotw.net /flags/gb^desrt.html (826 words)

	MagWeb Europa: WWII North Africa: British vs. Italians: 57 Military History and Product Magazines
		The British 7th Armoured Division was its model mobile force, and it was backed up by the 4th Indian Division and the 6'h Australian Division, the elite of both nation's armies.
		The division, a mixture of "old sweats" and new volunteers, rode trucks painted with the division's symbol, a leaping kangaroo, to the battle area.
		It was just possible for the division to move out with full vehicles 11th Hussars had already started; the rest of the division would move on the 5th, with barely 45 heavy tanks, 80 light tanks, two days' supplies of food and water, and two refills of ammunition.
	www.magweb.com /sample/seuropa/seu55daw.htm (9336 words)

	Sunday, September 16, 2001
		During World War II, the 7th Armoured Division, Britain’s most famous armored unit — and, arguably, the most famous in the world — battled triple-digit temperatures, blowing sand and rations of water that would have sent today’s troops scrambling to the recruiting office to erase their names from the paperwork.
		Formed in 1938 as The Mobile Division in Egypt, the unit was redesignated the 7th Armoured Division in February 1940.
		The Desert Rats 7th Armoured Division Thetford Forest Memorial is two miles north of Mundford on the west side of highway A1065.
	www.stripes.com /01/mag/sm091601a.html (1337 words)

	5th Canadian Armoured Division
		Following its redesignation from '1st Canadian Armoured Division', the bulk of 5th Canadian Armoured Division (officially “5th Canadian (Armoured) Division”) proceeded overseas in one main convoy, arriving in the UK at the end of November 1941.
		The division moved without its tanks and vehicles, inheriting that equipment (in a less than pristine state) as a legacy from British 7th Armoured Division in Italy where the Canadians campaigned until the end of 1944.
		As with other Allied armoured divisions in the Mediterranean, local resources were used to establish an additional infantry brigade, the 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade.
	encycl.opentopia.com /term/5th_Canadian_Armoured_Division (275 words)

	General Percy Hobart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Influenced by the writings of Liddell Hart who pushed for the adoption of the concept of armoured mobility, Hobart also wanted to use science to break out of the mentality of trench or defensive warfare - as seen by the French with the Maginot Line.
		Instead, at the time of the Munich crisis, Hobart was shipped out to North Africa to establish as second modern armoured division in Egypt.
		In September 1939, Hobart believed that the 7th Armoured Division was in an excellent position to fight should war spill over into North Africa.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /general_percy_hobart.htm (885 words)

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		The 7th Armoured Division, the Desert Rats of North Africa fame, used them as their main equipment with three Armoured Regiments so equipped as well as their Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment, whose intended role was more scouting than combat though they managed their fair share of the latter.
		Armoured and the 1st Polish Armoured, all used mainly Shermans of various types but had Cromwells in their Armoured Reconnaissance Regiments.
		The style of markings is typical of that used by the 7th Armoured Division in North Africa and the unit continued to use it throughout the NW Europe.
	www.missing-lynx.com /articles/britain/pbcrom.htm (1524 words)

	Battlefront - Producers of fine metal and resin miniatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Division also renamed its brigades once more, the Light became the 7th Armoured Brigade, the Heavy became the 4th Armoured Brigade and the Pivot Group became the Support Group with the 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (2 RB) added.
		The 16th of February 1940 saw the Division’s final name change when it was redesignated the 7th Armoured Division and at about the same time the Division also received its famous symbol, the Jerboa (desert rat), designed by Trooper Ken Hill of the RTR.
		The 4th Indian Division had returned triumphant from East Africa and was to be supported by the 4th Armoured Brigade detached from the Desert Rats during the initial assault.
	www.battlefront.co.nz /Article.asp?ArticleID=366 (1606 words)

	HQ ARRC - 1st (UK) ARMOURED DIVISION
		The 1st (UK) Armoured Division is designated as part of the UK commitment to the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC).
		The division comprises three Armoured Brigades (4th, 7th and 20th) each consisting of two armoured regiments with Challenger main battle tanks (MBT) and Scimitar reconnaissance vehicles and two armoured infantry battalions equipped with Warrior armoured infantry fighting vehicles, Scimitar and Milan anti-tank missiles.
		The 4th Armoured Brigade is in Osnabrück and Münster; the 7th Armoured Brigade, ‘The Desert Rats’ is in Bergen-Hohne and the 20th Armoured Brigade is in Paderborn.
	www.arrc.nato.int /divisions/1ukdiv.htm (592 words)

	4th Armoured Brigade
		When the "Mobile Division (Egypt)" was formed after the Munich crisis in the autumn of 1938, it consisted of a light Brigade, the old Cairo Cavalry Brigade, a Heavy Armoured Group and a pivot Group.
		In January 1940, Mobile Division (Egypt) was renamed 7th Armoured Division and the Light Armoured Group became 4th Armoured Brigade.
		All soldiers in the Division were proud to think of themselves as Desert Rats after the hardy, highly mobile Jerboa.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/4ar-bde.htm (483 words)

	British 7th Armoured Division: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about British 7th Armoured Division
		The 7th Armoured Division (The Desert Rats) of the British Army was, during World War II, part of the Western Desert Force (WDF).
		The unit had arrived in the Middle East in 1938 (See: the Munich crisis).
		During the 1941 Italian retreat, WDF commander Major-General O'Connor ordered the Desert Rats to travel south of the Jebel Akhdar and cut off the Italian forces at Beda Fomm[?], while Australian forces continued to push the Italians west.
	www.encyclopedian.com /br/British-7th-Armoured-Division.html (216 words)

	Churchill's Desert Rats. From Normandy to Berlin With the 7th Armoured Division - PATRICK DELAFORCE
		The Desert Rats, the 7th Armoured Division, wore its famous insignia of the jerboa, the long-tailed rodent, with pride.
		It was Winston Churchill's favourite division and was widely recognised as being among the most powerful in Europe during the Second World War.
		This book tells the story of the division's final campaign, from Normandy to Berlin, in the words of the soldiers who fought with it: troopers and privates, sergaents, young troop leaders and company commanders, all have their individual tales to tell.
	www.antiqbook.co.uk /boox/lbw/025778.shtml (252 words)

	On Parade: - Military Modelling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This Division had a long and distinguished career, being formed before the Second World War in Egypt it fought long and hard throughout the North African campaign against first the Italians and later the Germans, then crossed to Italy before coming briefly to England to take part in the North West European campaign.
		The major battles are described from the viewpoint of the 7th, complemented by maps and diagrams of the various changes in organization which took place throughout the period, all illustrated with photos, mainly from private sources, of the men and equipment of the Division.
		Shorter sections cover the Division’s Personalities, mostly commanders and the three Victoria Cross recipients, as well as describing the post-war years literally up to date as the 7th Armoured Brigade, which was one of the founding parts of the 7th Armoured Division, that fought in Iraq this year.
	www.militarymodelling.com /pages/on_parade.cgi?story_id=20031201:0&story_cat=Book (537 words)

	Close Combat Org Forums - Cromwell IV: experience and morale level
		For example, the Guards armoured division was a converted infantry division IIRC.
		On the other hand, the 7th armoured division saw major action in the desert...however, their historical performance on the Normandy battlefield weren't exactly satisfactory if I'm correct.
		one thing about the 7th armored is that the cromwell was a new tank at the start of 1944 and the 7th armored only had six moths to get to grips with it, before being sent to normandy and then being the first unit to use it in combat.
	www.closecombat.org /forums/showthread.php?t=7776 (653 words)

	The History of the British 7th Armoured Division - Desert Rats
		The British 7th Armoured Division is one of the most famous formations that ever served in the British Army.
		The Light Armoured became the 7th Armoured Brigade, the Heavy Armoured, the 4th Armoured Brigade and the Pivot Group became the Support Group, with the latter now also containing 2nd Bn, The Rifle Brigade.
		After the war the Division continued to serve in Germany, but in January 1948 it was disbanded, being perpetuated by 7th Armoured Brigade.
	www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/history.htm (2805 words)

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