The 'Desert Rats' defeat Rommel: ' ... an impressive book ... highly recommended.' John Pimlott, MILITARY ILLUSTRATED
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The 'Desert Rats' defeat Rommel: ' ... an impressive book ... highly recommended.' John Pimlott, MILITARY ILLUSTRATED
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The siege of Tobruk in 1941 was the first time the British army succeeded in defeating a German army operation in WW2. Despite all the ingenuity of Erwin Rommel, the 'Desert Fox' and the bravery of his Afrika Corps, the outnumbered and outgunned British garrison held the port until a relief mission, 'Operation Battleaxe' drove back the German and Italian forces.
It was during this epic saga that 'Lord Haw Haw', the German propaganda broadcaster, coined the phrase 'desert rats'. He intended it as an insult, but the soldiers at Tobruk took a perverse pride in the name which became the nickname of the 8th Army in general and the 7th Armoured division in particular.About the Author
At the age of twenty, Frank Harrison served on the signals staff during the siege of Tobruk. He was subsequently captured and spent several years as a POW in Africa, Italy, Germany and finally Czechoslovakia. He became an art teacher after the war and it was while teaching on an Indian reservation that his writing career began.
The siege of Tobruk in 1941 was the first time the British army succeeded in defeating a German army operation in WW2. Despite all the ingenuity of Erwin Rommel, the 'Desert Fox' and the bravery of his Afrika Corps, the outnumbered and outgunned British garrison held the port until a relief mission, 'Operation Battleaxe' drove back the German and Italian forces. It was during this epic saga that 'Lord Haw Haw', the German propaganda broadcaster, coined the phrase 'desert rats'. He intended it as an insult, but the soldiers at Tobruk took a perverse pride in the name which became the nickname of the 8th Army in general and the 7th Armoured division in particular.
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