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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; PART ONE The Black Jerboa Desert Rat: 4th Armoured Brigade; 1 Early History; 2 Operation Compass: Battlefor Sidi Barrani; 3 The Battle of Beda Fomm:One of the GreatAdventures of the War -- 4 Operation Battleaxe:They are Tearing myTanks to Bits -- 5 Operation Crusader: ThreeWeek Battle for Sidi Rezegh; 6 The Battle of Gazala:The Cauldron; 7 The Battle of Alam el Halfa:Operation Game Birds; 8 El Alamein: OperationsLightfoot and Supercharge -Through like pirates -- 9 Hot Pursuit to Tunis:Keep joggin' on;When Monty was given Allied command of the D Day landings he wasted no time gathering around him individuals and formations he could trust. Foremost among the latter were two armoured brigades: 4th (Black Desert Rats) and 8th (Red Fox's Mask). Both these brigades had unrivalled fighting records whether in North Africa, Sicily or Italy. They had proved themselves in bitter fighting against Rommel's Afrika Korps and the Italians. Once ashore in Normandy the two superb brigades went on to enhance their reputations on the journey to the heartland of Hitler's Third Reich and final victory. The auth.