| British 7th Armoured Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (851 words) |
 | 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. |
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