Long Range Desert Group Patrolman

Download or read book Long Range Desert Group Patrolman written by Tim Moreman and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title looks closely at the patrolmen who served in the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG), the brainchild of Major Ralph Bagnold. The LRDG was tasked with strategic reconnaissance and raiding operations deep behind enemy lines in the desert wastes of North Africa. Originally raised on 3 July 1940, with General Wavell's personal support, it initially consisted of New Zealand volunteers commanded by British officers, who had explored the wide, unmapped expanses of the Libyan desert pre-World War II. Organized in patrols armed with light weapons and equipped with specially converted light cars a.