Book Description
46 photographs 16 pages of b/w halftones 3 maps 5 x 8 "Moving, exciting and authentic."-The Observer * The gripping memoir of a World War II Intelligence Officer * A fascinating insight into an elite special force Throughout the fighting in North Africa in World War II, which began with the Italian declaration of war in June 1940 and ended with the capture of Tunis in May 1943, the Long Range Desert Group excelled in the role of special forces. W. B. Kennedy Shaw served as an Intelligence Officer with this remarkable British unit, and here, in this classic account, he relates their daring exploits far behind the enemy's lines. Small yet potent and destructive, the Group proved outstanding in special missions against Rommel's Afrika Korps. W. B. Kennedy served as an intelligence operative in the Libyan desert at the start of World War II before joining the LRDG in 1940.