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The Long Range Desert Group 1940-1945: Providence Their Guide

By: David Lloyd Owen
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
ISBN: 0850528062
ISBN-13: 9780850528060
Released: 15 Mar 2001
RRP: £12.95
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Fascinating - By: Blue frog, 22 Jun 2006
Very engaging. There was something that drew me to this book & I wasn't disappointed in any way. Maybe it was because I had never heard of the LRDG before. The book is well written & balances superbly a historical account of the Group & accounts of actions they undertook. The characters in the book are fascinating; to me they summed up the understated yet ultimately professional British soldier & as such are very endearing. The Group's exploits are amazing in a truly British way, it's not alll about firepower or number of kills its about skill & cunning & whilst it in no way undermines the importance of winning the war, expresses the notion of it being to a certain extent a challlenge & a game of wits with the Axis forces.

I was truly astonished at the distances the LRDG travelled in the desert to observe & sometimes attack the Italians or Germans. Even more so by the almost casual accounts of where soldiers had needed to walk huge distances after being separated from their unit or colleagues just to get back to friendly forces. I certainly developed a huge level of respect & admiration for these chaps having read the book. Highly recommended.
This is the foremost book on the Long Range Desert Group - By: , 06 Dec 2001
Long range desert group with providence their guide as their motto states. Founded by Ralph Bagnold who before the war explored the desert & the great sand sea one of the hidden heroes of the war. The long range desert group was the first & foremost unit in the desert campaign even Rommel released the effect it had on the outcome of the desert war. Its primary role was of deep reconnaissance behind the lines on "road watch" logging alll enemy movement on main roads but attacked the enemy at every chance. The intelligence gathered was invaluable this unit with New Zealanders, Rhodesians & English men in the unit, helped the SAS to get back on its feet after a disastrous start as well as playing a vital role in operations like the Tobruk raid. Traversing the most inhospitable of terrain in the heavily laden trucks lightly armed with heavy machine guns causing chaos wherever possible tying up many forces trying to find them. The author started out as a patrol commander & became the commanding officer as the unit left the desert & carried on in the war in the Aegean, Italy, Yugoslavia, Dalmatian Islands & the Balkans he paints a interesting picture of the life & characters in the unit as well as their achievements. Defiantly well worth reading.