THE DESERT MY DWELLING PLACE: With the Long Range Desert Group in North Africa

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Recounts in detail the characters in his Y Patrol, their operational methods, their team spirit, and camaraderie of the Long Range Desert Group. Explains how the LRDG was primarily concerned with reconnaissance and intelligence gathering, but was also allowed the occasional 'beat-up'. Describes the origins of the LRDG and the formation and first operations of the SAS under David Stirling, and how the two units worked so closely and successfully together for the rest of the campaign in the desert and thereafter. Covers triumphs and frustrations, as well as during the desert campaign, which ended with Rommel being finally driven out of North Africa after Montgomery's victory at El Alamein. Contains 20 mono illustrations.