Battle Honours Desert Rats (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

Battle Honours

Desert Rats (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

The story of the armoured units who landed in Normandy to spearhead the Allied advance into Nazi occupied Europe and break open the Third Reich's defences.

Directors

Adam Luria | Ian Bremner

Cinematographer

Adrian Musto

Editor

Chuck Cartmel

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Release date

Aug 31, 2021 (United States)

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25 cast members

Name	Known for
Dick Taylor Self - Military Historian Self - Military Historian See fewer	Battle Honours (2021)
Jon Trigg Self - Military Historian Self - Military Historian See fewer	Battle Honours (2021)
Rodney Scott Self - Desert Rats Association Self - Desert Rats Association See fewer	Battle Honours (2021)
Cecil Newton Self - 8th Armoured Brigade Self - 8th Armoured Brigade See fewer	WWII: Battles for Europe (2019)
John Cloudesley Thompson Self - 7th Armoured Division (as John Cloudsley-Thompson) Self - 7th Armoured Division (as John Cloudsley-Thompson) See fewer	D-Day to Berlin (2005)
Peter Davies Self - 3rd Infantry Division Self - 3rd Infantry Division See fewer	D-Day to Victory (2011)
Ian Paterson Self - Desert Rats Association Self - Desert Rats Association See fewer	Battle Honours (2021)
Harold Currie Self - 7th Armoured Division Self - 7th Armoured Division See fewer	D-Day to Victory (2011)
Patrick Delaforce Self - 11th Armoured Division Self - 11th Armoured Division See fewer	D-Day to Victory (2011)
Edwin Bramall Self - 4th Armoured Brigade Self - 4th Armoured Brigade See fewer	D-Day to Berlin (2005)
Scott Joseph Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Mutant Chronicles (2008)
Winston Churchill Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Adolf Hitler Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) Self - Führer of Germany (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Percy Hobart Self - Commander of the 7th Armoured Division (archive footage) Self - Commander of the 7th Armoured Division (archive footage) See fewer
Bernard L. Montgomery Self - Commander of the British 8th Army (archive footage) Self - Commander of the British 8th Army (archive footage) See fewer	Victory at Sea (1952)
Benito Mussolini Self - Prime Minister of Italy (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of Italy (archive footage) See fewer	Hundred Days (1935)
Michael O'Moore Creagh Self - Commander of the 7th Armoured Division (archive footage) Self - Commander of the 7th Armoured Division (archive footage) See fewer
Erwin Rommel Self - Commander of the Afrika Korps (archive footage) Self - Commander of the Afrika Korps (archive footage) See fewer	Deutsche Soldaten in Afrika (1942)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self - President of the United States (archive footage) Self - President of the United States (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Joseph Stalin Self - General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) Self - General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) See fewer	One Inch from Victory (1944)
Archibald Wavell Self - Commander-in-Chief of Middle East Command (archive footage) Self - Commander-in-Chief of Middle East Command (archive footage) See fewer
Michael Wittmann Self - Waffen SS Tank Commander (archive footage) Self - Waffen SS Tank Commander (archive footage) See fewer
Will Harrison-Wallace Soldiers (uncredited) Soldiers (uncredited) See fewer	The Death of Jack Hamilton (2012)
Alex Pitcher Soldiers (uncredited) Soldiers (uncredited) See fewer	Follow the Crows (2018)
David Shaw Parker Soldiers (uncredited) Soldiers (uncredited) See fewer	The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)