Description
Product ID: | 9781472819338 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | IN |
Title: | The Long Range Desert Group in World War II |
Authors: | Author: Gavin Mortimer |
Page Count: | 256 |
Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Second World War, Land forces and warfare, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Land forces & warfare, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Written by the foremost expert on British wartime special forces and illustrated with images that have not been seen in seventy years, this is a new history of the Long Range Desert Group. Established in June 1940, as the brainchild of scientist and soldier Major Ralph Bagnold, a contemporary of Lawrence of Arabia, the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) allowed the British Army to gain a crucial advantage in the North African Front of World War II. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-04-20 |