Sting of the Scorpion: The Inside Story Of The Long Range Desert Group

Morgan, Mike

ISBN 10: 0750937041 / ISBN 13: 9780750937047

Editore: The History Press, 2003

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xxvi, 244 pages. [32] pages of plates. Illustrations, maps. Photos form part of description. From inside cover blurb: "The LRDG played a crucial and historic role in Britain's first major victory of the war in the burning sands of North Africa over Germany's best general Rommel and his crack army, the Afrika Korps. The veterans' stories related here echo the daring exploits of great British raiding brigands from history like Lawrence of Arabia, Drake and Raleigh so closely that the LRDG's place among these immortals is assured - and well-deserved".

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• Titolo: Sting of the Scorpion: The Inside Story Of The Long Range Desert Group
• Editore: The History Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0750937041
• ISBN 13: 9780750937047
• Rilegatura: Soft cover
• Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto

The exclusive, authorised inside story of the tough Lrdg radiers of the Second World War, drawn from the unpublished records of the famous force. The unit won unrivalled mastery of the North African desert in their wide-ranging and heavily armed trucks, earning grudging praise even from Rommel, the Desert Fox himself, for their skilful reconnaissance, punishing raids and powers of evasion.

L'autore

Mike Morgan is a senior journalist for the Middlesex Evening Gazette with a lifelong interest in world war history, especially Second World War special forces. His extensive research has brought him into contact with many key LRDG and SAS figures of that period.