Desert Rats
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Desert Rats is the famous nickname of the British Army’s 7th Armoured Division, renowned for its exploits in the North African campaign during World War II.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Desert Rats canonical | 10 |
| The Desert Rats | 2 |
| Desert Rats emblem | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | military unit nickname ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British Eighth Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Montgomery’s Eighth Army
British Western Desert Force ⓘ
surface form:
Western Desert Force
|
| conflict |
North African campaign
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| equipmentType |
armoured vehicles
ⓘ
tanks ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
nickname used for later British armoured formations
ⓘ
symbol of British success in North African campaign ⓘ |
| hasNicknameOf | 7th Armoured Division ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| notableEngagement |
Operation Compass
ⓘ
Operation Crusader ⓘ Battle of El Alamein ⓘ
surface form:
Second Battle of El Alamein
Siege of Tobruk ⓘ |
| notableFor | armoured warfare in desert conditions ⓘ |
| operationalEnvironment | desert warfare ⓘ |
| opposedForce |
German Afrika Korps
ⓘ
Italian forces in North Africa ⓘ |
| partOf | British Eighth Army ⓘ |
| refersTo | British 7th Armoured Division ⓘ |
| reputation |
elite British armoured unit
ⓘ
highly mobile armoured formation ⓘ |
| symbol | Jerboa ⓘ |
| theatre |
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
ⓘ
surface form:
Mediterranean theatre of World War II
North Africa ⓘ Western Desert ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Desert Rats emblem
subject surface form:
Desert Rats
this entity surface form:
The Desert Rats
subject surface form:
Michael O’Moore Creagh
subject surface form:
George Erskine
subject surface form:
George Erskine
this entity surface form:
The Desert Rats