
The Long Range Desert Group
Italy, Greece and the Balkans, 1944-1945
Anthony Rogers(Author)
Osprey Publishing
Will be published approx. on 4. March 2027
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-4728-7628-7 (ISBN)
Description
An account of the Long Range Desert Group's overlooked exploits in the last 18 months of World War II.
The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was formed in 1940 and is most famous for the secretive but vital role it played in the North African campaign in World War II. However, it also saw significant service elsewhere. After taking part in a series of disastrous British operations in the Aegean during September to November 1943, the LRDG, significantly smaller in size, survived, and in 1944 deployed to southern Europe and the Balkans. In the European Theatre, the LRDG was part of a massive 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 last 18 months of the war in Europe, with detailed accounts of behind-the-lines operations in Italy, Albania, Yugoslavia, Greece and Istria.
The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was formed in 1940 and is most famous for the secretive but vital role it played in the North African campaign in World War II. However, it also saw significant service elsewhere. After taking part in a series of disastrous British operations in the Aegean during September to November 1943, the LRDG, significantly smaller in size, survived, and in 1944 deployed to southern Europe and the Balkans. In the European Theatre, the LRDG was part of a massive 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 last 18 months of the war in Europe, with detailed accounts of behind-the-lines operations in Italy, Albania, Yugoslavia, Greece and Istria.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
16 pages of black and white images
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4728-7628-7 (9781472876287)
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Person
Anthony Rogers has enjoyed a varied career. After serving in the Royal Marines, he was a freelance photojournalist, covering conflicts across three continents. Latterly, he worked as a security contractor in Iraq, Afghanistan and West Africa. He has written two books about mercenaries and other aspects of unorthodox soldiering. As a keen military historian, he has also written several books detailing events in and around the Mediterranean during World War II.
Content
Acknowledgements
Preface
Glossary
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Introduction
1944
1. New Beginnings
2. Italy: Operation Jump
3. Albania
4. Yugoslavia
5. La Palma and Kufra
6. Istria
7. Greece
8. Ron Hill and Jim Patch
1945
9. Yugoslavia
10. Istria
11. Mountain Training
12. Farewell and Good Luck
Appendices
i. Operations: 1944-45
ii: Officers and Warrant Officers on Arrival in Italy: March 1944
iii. Officer Appointments: May 1945
iv. Letter to David Lloyd Owen from Ron Hill
v. Recommendations and Awards
vi: Operation Health Able Revisited
Further Reading
Index
Preface
Glossary
List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Introduction
1944
1. New Beginnings
2. Italy: Operation Jump
3. Albania
4. Yugoslavia
5. La Palma and Kufra
6. Istria
7. Greece
8. Ron Hill and Jim Patch
1945
9. Yugoslavia
10. Istria
11. Mountain Training
12. Farewell and Good Luck
Appendices
i. Operations: 1944-45
ii: Officers and Warrant Officers on Arrival in Italy: March 1944
iii. Officer Appointments: May 1945
iv. Letter to David Lloyd Owen from Ron Hill
v. Recommendations and Awards
vi: Operation Health Able Revisited
Further Reading
Index