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The Long Range Desert Group in World War II

The Long Range Desert Group in World War II

by Gavin Mortimer (Author)

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    Hardcover 2017

    $21.45
Synopsis

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.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 20 Apr 2017
ISBN 10: 1472819330
ISBN 13: 9781472819338
Book Overview: 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.

Author Bio
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.