“Desert Rats”的意思、由来-百科全书

Desert Rats

World War II

byname of The Seventh Armoured Division,

a group of British soldiers who helped defeat the Germans in North Africa during World War II. The Desert Rats, led by General Allen Francis Harding, were especially noted for a hard-fought, three-month campaign against the more experienced German Afrika Korps, led by General Erwin Rommel (“The Desert Fox”).

The term “Rats of Tobruk,” a moniker applied by the Nazi propagandist broadcaster William Joyce (“Lord Haw-Haw”), referred more generally to any of the Allied troops (including Australian, British, and Polish units) who defended Tobruk, Libya.

词条	Desert Rats
释义	Desert Rats World War II byname of The Seventh Armoured Division, a group of British soldiers who helped defeat the Germans in North Africa during World War II. The Desert Rats, led by General Allen Francis Harding, were especially noted for a hard-fought, three-month campaign against the more experienced German Afrika Korps, led by General Erwin Rommel (“The Desert Fox”). The term “Rats of Tobruk,” a moniker applied by the Nazi propagandist broadcaster William Joyce (“Lord Haw-Haw”), referred more generally to any of the Allied troops (including Australian, British, and Polish units) who defended Tobruk, Libya.
随便看	Table Solubility of Naphthalene in Various Solvents* Table Some Common Diseases of Domestic Poultry Table Some Properties of the Zinc Group Elements Table South American Indian Language Groups Table Standardized Unemployment Rates in Selected Developed Countries Table Standrardized Unemployment Rates in Selected Developed Countries Table Summary of Road Traffic Control Devices Table talk Table tennis Table Tibetic Languages* Table Top 10 Species Landed, 1993 Derby Table Derby, Thomas Stanley, 1st earl of Derby ware Derby, William Stanley, 6th earl of derebey Derekh Eretz Derek Jeter Derek Mahon Derek Walcott Deren, Maya Derg, Lough Deringer, Henry derivation derivative