Long Range Desert Group in World War II

Written by the foremost expert on British wartime special forces this is a major new history of the Long Range Desert Group. Illustrated throughout with images that have not seen the light of day in over 70 years and peppered with interviews and diary entries, this book is the perfect companion title to the best-selling SAS in World War II and SBS in World War II. 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 Britain’s first ever special forces unit. —- ISBN: 9781472819338 | ISBN10: 1472819330 | ISBN-13: 978-1472819338