After 76 years spent mostly overseas, last year was the end of an era for the British Army's famous Desert Rats. At 7:30pm, Rob Olver looks at the history of the 7th Armoured Brigade and the challenges ahead... Sky 264, Virgin 277 & Freesat 652 | Forces News

Sexton 25-pounder self-propelled guns advance through Lyons-la-Fôret, a small town lying in the path of 7th Armoured Division's advance from the Seine, 1944. © IWM A70 145-6 | Imperial War Museum London

Gladiators of World War II - The Desert Rats [E4/13]

397K views · 12K reactions | Crusader and Sherman tanks of the 7th Armoured Division filmed shortly after the surrender of Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma near El Alamein, November 1942. Find the full footage on our website: https://bit.ly/3Emm9FS Film: IWM AYY 272/3 | Imperial War Museum London | Facebook

10K views · 280 reactions | Cromwell tanks - reinforcements for the 7th Armoured Division - come ashore from Royal Navy LST 542 onto 'Mike' Beach on the evening of June 13, 1944. One tank is helped out of the sand by bulldozer tractors. Film: IWM A70 47-7 | Imperial War Museum London | Facebook