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Author:

Verney, G. L. (Gerald Lloyd)

Title:

The Desert Rats : the history of the 7th Armoured Division, 1938-1945 / by G. L. Verney ; with a new introduction by John Hackett ; with a foreword by John Harding.

Publisher:

Greenhill Books ;

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

312 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Great Britain.--Armoured Division, 7th--Armoured Division, 7th--History.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Africa, North
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe.
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945--Tank warfare

Notes:

First published: 1954. "Reproduced here as the 1996 ed., complete and unabridged, in paperback." Includes bibliographical references (p. 303) and index.

Contents:

I. The first offensive -- II. Operation "Battleaxe" -- III. Operation "Crusader" -- IV. Retreat and defence -- V. Alamein to Tunis -- VI. Italy -- VII. Normandy -- VIII. From Normandy to Belgium -- IX. The Low countries -- X. The advance into Germany.

ISBN:

9781853675218
1853675210 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51498161

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)