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The Rat Patrol is an action and adventurous show of soldiers in the desert. This program is a part of the shows telecasting in the ABC channel from 1966 to 1968. ABC stands for the American Broadcasting Company and telecasts from New York Click to look into! >> Read More... . The name for the show was from the nicknames given to the British Common Wealth forces in North Africa.

This show completed two seasons of its telecast in ABC channel. The Rat Patrol is the most adventurous and action thrilling concept-oriented show in the television network history. The show is based on the situation of four combined soldiers at the time of World War 2. This season entirely consists of 26 episodes. The series revolves around four soldiers of which 3 are American soldiers, and one is from British.

This show is an inspirational story taken from the British Special Air Service. This SAS used modified vehicles with machine guns which are used to transport through the desert area. Joe Turkel, Anna Strasberg, Margot Jane are the leading characters in the series where the complete story rotates around these people. The story is all about stopping a patrol team in the desert area by the opposition group.

The story revolves around the four allied patrol soldiers. They were Sam Troy, Jack Moffitt, Hitchcock, and Pettigrew. The shooting of pivotal scenes in the story was in Spain, and a small portion of the series is in the United States of America. The starting of the series begins as the troop gets a command from the headquarters to escort a supply vehicle. As a result of the attack of opposition team, a war broke out and to help a child both the teams ends up the war; in this situation the patrol escapes. By the ending of the season, Rat Patrol is ordered to kill the German general but Troy wanted to capture him alive.

This season is the perfect series for the people who are having a keen interest on adventurous and action sequences. For the complete set course, the user can buy a DVD version of the entire series. One can get more information about the show from the official website.

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The Rat Patrol is an English language TV series that played on TV between 1966-68. The second season aired from 1967-68. It is mainly an Army themed show that follows the trials of a few officers during the Second World War. The show aired for two seasons and lasted about 58 episodes. It was broadcasted on the ABC Network. The show is named such due to the officers acting as 'desert rats' navigating their way through the impossible terrain of sand. Each episode lasts about 30 minutes. It can be considered mainly an adventure and action based show. The story revolves around four Allied Officer (Three American and One British) during World War Two.

They act as patrolling troops in the dessert in North Africa. It has been based partly on a wing of the SAS from Britain during the war that used special vehicles during the war equipped with machine guns to traverse through the desert. During the second season, the story of the four main protagonists continued as they were truly harassing the Nazi forces in the desert as far as possible. This includes forms of kidnap and such to gain information on the scheming and strategy of the other side. The series is given a special flair by the distinct traits displayed by the four main characters. Sgt. Sam Troy (portrayed by Christopher Troy) is the archetypal leader who while caring about is troops, aims to get the job as speedily as possible.

Sgt. Jack Moffitt (portrayed by Gary Raymond) is the British member of the unit and is expert on languages. Capt. Mark T. Hitchcock (portrayed by Lawrence Casey) is considered to be somewhat of a Womaniser from the group. PFC. Tully Pettigrew (portrayed by Justin Tarr) is the best driver of the group, having had circumstances in the past which made him good at his job. He was absent for a part of the second season due to having been shot and injured. The series received a degree of criticism from the British audience at the time, since it had predominantly American officers despite being somewhat based on a division of the British Army.

It was therefore taken off air in Britain after a few episodes, but was brought back in a form in the 90s. The show gives an excellent insight into war and the conditions during the time, especially considering the proximity of the timing of the show to the actual World War II World War II is a Malayalam information TV show on >> Read More... itself. It gives an excellent old-time television feeling and is a must-watch for war buffs.


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