The Long Range Desert Group in Action 1940-1943: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War) - Softcover

Buch 270 von 306: Images of War

O'Carroll, Brendan

 
9781526777416: The Long Range Desert Group in Action 1940-1943: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 152677741X ISBN 13: 9781526777416
Verlag: Pen & Sword Military, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

The Long Range Desert Group has a strong claim to the first Special Forces unit in the British Army. This superb illustrated history follows the LRDG from its July 1940 formation as the Long Range Patrol in North Africa, tasked with intelligence gathering, mapping and reconnaissance deep behind enemy lines. Manned initially by New Zealanders, in 1940 the unit became the LRDG with members drawn from British Guards and Yeomanry regiments and Rhodesians. So successful were the LRDG patrols, that when the Special Air Service were formed, they often relied on their navigational and tactical skills to achieve their missions. After victory in North Africa the LRDG re-located to Lebanon before being sent on the ill-fated mission to the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean. Serving independently, when the Germans overwhelmed and captured the British garrisons, many LRDG personnel escaped using their well-honed skills. Many images in this, the first pictorial history of the LRDG, were taken unofficially by serving members. The result is a superb record of the LRDG's achievements, the personalities, their weapons and vehicles which will delight laymen and specialists alike.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Brendan O'Carroll lives in Auckland, New Zealand and recently retired from the New Zealand Customs Service. With a long time interest in military history, the Long Range Desert Group has become his speciality. He has interviewed over 30 veterans while writing The Kiwi Scorpions: The Story of the New Zealanders in the LRDG (2000), Bearded Brigands (2002) and Barce Raid: The LRDG's Most Daring Exploit in World War Two (2005). This book follows The LRDG in the Aegean (2020) under the Pen and Sword Military imprint. He has numerous other published works and articles to his credit. In 2006 his work was recognised by awards from the New Zealand Military Historical Society.

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Verlag
Pen & Sword Military
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
152677741X
ISBN 13 
9781526777416
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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