Long Range Desert Group

by W.B. Kennedy Shaw

Throughout the fighting in North Africa in WWII, the Long Range Desert Group excelled in the role of special forces. Shaw served as an Intelligence Officer with this remarkable British unit, and in this classic account relates their daring exploits in special missions against Rommel's Afrika Korps.

Genres: Military Fiction, History, War, World War II

260 pages, Paperback

First published September 4, 2000

Reviews

[Jonathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

so Britsh and understated. in some ways I found this account of the LRDG the epitome of cool. From the same generation that gives us bond, james bond.

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was one of my deep-dive selections into the North African campaign - the first major Allied offensive of WWII. I discovered the topic by coincidence, and gladly followed the exploits of the LRDG patrols across the North African desert.

Written by one of the senior officers of the LRDG, this book is perhaps the best first-person account into the strategies that helped the Allied armies gain a foothold and eventually push the Axis armies, led by the famous "Desert Fox", Field Marshal Rommel, and his Afrika Corps off the continent.