The Long Range Desert Group: Italy, Greece and the Balkans, 1944–45
Anthony Rogers
Feb 2027 · Bloomsbury GB Audio · Narrated by John Sackville
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An account of the Long Range Desert Group's overlooked exploits in the last 18 months of World War II.
Formed in 1940, the LRDG is best known for operating behind the lines during the North African campaign. However, it also saw service elsewhere. After having survived a disastrous British-led effort to secure the Aegean in autumn 1943, the LRDG deployed in 1944 to southern Europe and the Balkans. In the European Theatre, the LRDG would be part of a major Allied effort to support local Partisans, being tasked with coast and road watches, intelligence gathering, ambushing enemy forces and generally disrupting enemy lines of communication.
Drawing on unit war diaries and the narratives of those who were there, this is the previously untold story of the LRDG in the final 18 months of the war in Europe, with detailed accounts of behind-the-lines operations in Italy, Albania, Yugoslavia, Greece and Istria.
Formed in 1940, the LRDG is best known for operating behind the lines during the North African campaign. However, it also saw service elsewhere. After having survived a disastrous British-led effort to secure the Aegean in autumn 1943, the LRDG deployed in 1944 to southern Europe and the Balkans. In the European Theatre, the LRDG would be part of a major Allied effort to support local Partisans, being tasked with coast and road watches, intelligence gathering, ambushing enemy forces and generally disrupting enemy lines of communication.
Drawing on unit war diaries and the narratives of those who were there, this is the previously untold story of the LRDG in the final 18 months of the war in Europe, with detailed accounts of behind-the-lines operations in Italy, Albania, Yugoslavia, Greece and Istria.
An account of the Long Range Desert Group's overlooked exploits in the last 18 months of World War II.
Formed in 1940, the LRDG is best known for operating behind the lines during the North African campaign. However, it also saw service elsewhere. After having survived a disastrous British-led e...
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Anthony Rogers has enjoyed a varied career. After serving in the Royal Marines, he was a freelance photojournalist, covering wars on three continents. He later worked as a private security contractor. A keen military historian, he has written extensively about mercenaries and other aspects of unorthodox soldiering, and is also the author of a number of books focusing mainly on the Long Range Desert Group and events in and around the Mediterranean during the Second World War.
Anthony Rogers has enjoyed a varied career. After serving in the Royal Marines, he was a freelance photojournalist, covering wars on three continents. He later worked as a private security contractor. A keen military historian, he has written extensively about mercenaries and other aspects of uno...
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