A major illustrated history of the Long Range Desert Group from the foremost expert on British wartime special forces. Formed in June 1940 for the purpose of gathering intelligence behind enemy lines, the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) played a secretive but vital role in North Africa during World War II. Highly trained in mechanized reconnaissance and specializing in desert operations, the unit provided support to the Special Air Service (SAS) in missions across the vast and treacherous terrain of the Western Desert. In this highly illustrated history of the LRDG, Gavin Mortimer reveals the origins and dramatic operations of Britains first ever special forces unit.
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Weight: 981g
Dimensions: 190 x 242mm
Publication Date: 20 Apr 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781472819338
About Gavin Mortimer
Gavin Mortimer is the author of Stirling's Men (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2004) a ground-breaking history of the early operations of the SAS The SAS in World War II: An Illustrated History (Osprey 2011) The Daring Dozen (Osprey 2012) and The SBS in World War II: An Illustrated History (Osprey 2013). He has also recently published The Men Who Made the SAS (Constable 2015). An award-winning writer whose books have been published on both sides of the Atlantic Gavin has previously written for The Telegraph The Sunday Telegraph The Observer and Esquire magazine. He continues to contribute to a wide range of newspapers and magazines from BBC History to the American Military History Quarterly. In addition he has lectured on the SAS in World War II at the National Army Museum.