Ghent was occupied by the Germans in both World Wars but escaped severe destruction and was liberated by the British 7th Desert Rats Armoured Division on September 6, 1944.

In Desert Rats ( 1953 ), Burton plays a young English captain in the North African campaign during World War II who takes charge of a hopelessly out-numbered Australian unit against the indomitable Field Marshal Erwin Rommel ( James Mason ).

In Hollywood, Rafferty also appeared in Australian themed films, including The Desert Rats, The Sundowners and Mutiny on the Bounty.

His roles include Brutus in Julius Caesar ( 1953 ), Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel and The Desert Rats, the amoral valet turned spy in Joseph Mankiewicz's 5 Fingers, the declining actor in the first remake of A Star Is Born ( 1954 ), Captain Nemo in 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea ( also 1954 ), a small town school teacher driven insane by the effects of cortisone in Bigger Than Life ( 1956 ), a suave master spy in North by Northwest ( 1959 ), a determined explorer in Journey to the Center of the Earth ( also 1959 ), Humbert Humbert in Stanley Kubrick's Lolita ( 1962 ), a river pirate who betrays Peter O ' Toole's character in Lord Jim ( 1965 ), the evil Doctor Polidori in Frankenstein: The True Story ( 1973 ), the vampire's servant, Richard Straker, in Salem's Lot, and surreal Royal Navy Captain Hughes in Yellowbeard ( 1983 ).

* The Desert Rats ( 1953 )

Greene was discharged in December 1944 and appeared in the stage plays Desert Rats and I Capture the Castle.

A large section of bare desert land on the north side of Antonio Street near the 1400 – 1600 block is designated to become a soccer field complex with at least 4 fields and home to the Anthony Desert Rats soccer team.

It was part of the " Divisional Troops " of the 7th Armoured Division ( known as the " Desert Rats ").

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As alternatives to Chatterton or Mr Chadwick as the origin of the name Chad, REME claimed that the name came from their training school, nicknamed " Chad's Temple ", the RAF claimed it arose from Chadwick House at a Lancashire radio school, and the Desert Rats claimed it came from an officer in El Alamein.

In May 2006 7th Armoured Brigade, the Desert Rats were relieved by 20th Armoured Brigade under the command of Brigadier James Everard.

The regiment is currently based in Bad Fallingbostel, British Forces Germany, as part of the 7th Armoured Brigade (' The Desert Rats ').

In October 1990 The Staffordshire Regiment was deployed to Saudi Arabia as part of 7th Armoured Brigade, better known as the ' Desert Rats '.

Initially based at Tidworth, the battalion moved to Bad Fallingbostel, Germany in August 2009, where it is now permanently based as part of 7th Armoured Brigade ( The Desert Rats ).

* Moreman, Timothy Robert, Anderson, Duncan, Desert Rats: British 8th Army in North Africa 1941-43, Osprey Publishing, 2007.

Although there was pressure from London for the reconstituted Desert Rats to go into action, outfitting for the desert and training delayed their first use until Operation Battleaxe, an attempt to relieve the siege of Tobruk in June.

* Panzer Grenadier: Desert Rats

* Desert Rats ( April 2012, ISBN 1-84732-968-3 )

The last of the Zoo's Central Rock Rats were sent to Alice Springs Desert Park in 2007 and the breeding program closed.

* The Desert Rats ( 1953 )

He was a Second Lieutenant in the British 7th Armoured Division, called " the Desert Rats ".

In W. W. II 9 Bty fired both 25 pdrs and 105mm SP, with 3rd Field Bde, 11th Army Field Regt, 1st Canadian Corps Artillery, both in Italy, where at one time they were part of the 8th Army, the “ Desert Rats ”, and later in Northwest Europe as part of the 1st Canadian Army Artillery.

* The Desert Rats, 1953 war film starring Richard Burton

Although many believe that the operation was named for German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, who earned the nickname " Desert Fox " during the North African Campaign of World War II, this was not the case ; the operational name was one of at least a half dozen contingency plans that U. S. Central Command developed to respond to a range of possible crises involving Iraq.

Wavell and O ' Connor now faced a formidable foe under a commander whose cunning, resourcefulness, and daring would earn him the nickname " the Desert Fox ".

The heavy armour of the Matilda's cast turret became legendary ; for a time in 1940 – 41 the Matilda earned the nickname " Queen of the Desert ".

* Desert Fox was the nickname for German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

* The Desert Foxes, the nickname for the Algeria national football team

The brigade is also known as the ' Desert Rats ', a nickname formerly held by the 7th Armoured Division.

The nickname subsequently proved to be a heavy burden for Manley who despite a confident, outspoken persona only managed one major win-the 2003 Las Vegas Desert Classic-during his professional darts career.

* 760: 959-1114 Palm Springs / Palm Desert, CA ( Current for all GTE CA switches )

13 games were announced for the system's launch, including Ms. Pac-Man, Pole Position II, Centipede, Joust, Dig Dug, Desert Falcon, Robotron: 2084, Galaga, Xevious, Food Fight, Ballblazer, Rescue on Fractalus !, and Track and Field.

Commented assembly language source code was made available for Centipede, Commando, Crossbow, Desert Falcon, Dig Dug, Food Fight, Galaga, Hat Trick, Joust, Ms. Pac-Man, Super Stunt Cycle, Robotron: 2084 and Xevious game titles.

HARM was used extensively by the United States Navy and the United States Air Force for Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War of 1991.

The USAF F-15 Eagle had responsibility for overland Combat Air Patrol ( CAP ) duties in Desert Storm in 1991, primarily because of the onboard F-15 IFF capabilities.

* Ceanothus greggii, Desert ceanothus, California Lilac ( a nitrogen fixer, has hair on both sides of leaves for heaat dissipation )

* Cercocarpus ledifolius, Curl leaf mountain mahogany, a nitrogen fixer important food source for Desert bighorn sheep

* Opuntia phaecantha, Desert prickly pear ( fruit is important food source for animals )

During Desert Shield, the U. S. Navy sortied additional carriers to augment the on station assets eventually maintaining six carriers for Desert Storm.

Although the U. S. Air Force sent fighters such as the F-16 to theater in Desert Shield, they had to carry bombs with them as no stores were in place for sustained operations whereas the carriers arrived on scene with full magazines and had support ships to allow them to conduct strikes indefinitely.

Dance is still used for this purpose by many cultures from the Brazilian rainforest to the Kalahari Desert.

The 8th Army had advanced across the Western Desert from the east and was ready for the start of the Tunisia Campaign.

Low-intensity storms have hit the island, including in 1901, which blew over 1, 500 coconut trees, on September 16, 1944 which caused the wreck of a Royal Air Force PBY Catalina, September 1990 which demolished the tent city then being constructed for USAF bomber crews during Operation Desert Storm, and on July 22, 2007 when winds exceeded and over of rain fell in 24 hours.

It is in the Negev Desert, therefore it has a desert climate with low humidity for most of the year and little precipitation.

The Western Desert covers an area of some 700, 000 km < sup > 2 </ sup >, thereby accounting for around two-thirds of Egypt's total land area.

The Eastern Desert has some petroleum resources in the north, a center for which is at Ras Gharib on the Gulf of Suez coast.

* 1979 – Snow falls in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only time in recorded history.

To the south, in what is now the Sahara Desert, nomadic hunters and herders roamed a large, well-watered savanna that was abundant in game and provided pastures for their livestock.

This publicity would pale in comparison to the attention that the Humvee received for its service in Gulf War Operation: Desert Storm, the following year.

* 1991 – The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.

* Mario Kart 64, a video game for the Nintendo 64 features a racetrack called Kalimari Desert

In the late fourth century the Desert Father Pachomius expected literacy of a candidate for admission to his monasteries:

In the beginning, in Syria and then in Egypt, Christians felt called to a more reclusive or eremitic form of monastic living ( in the spirit of the " Desert Theology " for the purpose of spiritual renewal and return to God ).