The Long Range Desert Group
Italy, Greece and the Balkans, 1944–1945
The Long Range Desert Group
Italy, Greece and the Balkans, 1944–1945
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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.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Glossary
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
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Product details
| Published | 04 Mar 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781472876294 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 16 pages of black and white images |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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