LRDG - TRACKS - Escape to Switzerland
| Author | : Kuno Gross |
| Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
| Total Pages | : 110 |
| Release | : 2023-11 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 3735761208 |
Lrdg Tracks Escape To Switzerland
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Lrdg tracks - June 2024
| Author | : Kuno Gross |
| Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
| Total Pages | : 66 |
| Release | : 2024-04-29 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 3758326966 |
Most probably the readers of this magazine have never heard of the original TRACKS. I was in the very same situation until by the end of 2020, when NZ LRDG-historian Brendan OCarroll has provided me with a hardly readable copy of the June 1941 issue of TRACKS. I was immediately fascinated by these windows into the past and just thought: "We should revive TRACKS! " The editor of the original Tracks was, that time 20 years old, TA Sgt. N.A Moore, a clerk attached to LRDG Group HQ. The June 1941 issue was created by him when the LRDG HQ was located at Kufra. There he got the idea to create a "house paper" for the unit. He recalled in a letter which was published in the 1991 Newsletter of the LRDG Association, that there were only a very limited number of people who were willing to contribute and that this first edition was mainly launched thanks to the contribution of Lieut. Col. Bagnold and Captain Kennedy Shaw. And indeed, the June 1941 remained the single and only issue of Tracks - it was never published again.... until today!
TRACKS - June 2023
| Author | : Kuno Gross |
| Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
| Total Pages | : 66 |
| Release | : 2023-04-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 3749447780 |
ost probably the readers of this magazine have never heard of the original TRACKS. I was in the very same situation until by the end of 2020, when NZ LRDG-historian Brendan OCarroll has provided me with a hardly readable copy of the June 1941 issue of TRACKS. I was immediately fascinated by these windows into the past and just thought: "We should revive TRACKS! " The editor of the original Tracks was, that time 20 years old, TA Sgt. N.A Moore, a clerk attached to LRDG Group HQ. The June 1941 issue was created by him when the LRDG HQ was located at Kufra. There he got the idea to create a "house paper" for the unit. He recalled in a letter which was published in the 1991 Newsletter of the LRDG Association, that there were only a very limited number of people who were willing to contribute and that this first edition was mainly launched thanks to the contribution of Lieut. Col. Bagnold and Captain Kennedy Shaw. And indeed, the June 1941 remained the single and only issue of Tracks - it was never published again.... until today! After TRACKS 2021 and TRACKS 2022 is now the third issue of the "re-vived" magazine.
Strangling the Axis
| Author | : Richard Hammond |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 295 |
| Release | : 2020-06-25 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1108478212 |
Richard Hammond offers a major reassessment of the role of the war at sea in Allied victory in the Mediterranean region.
Churchill's Folly
| Author | : Anthony Rogers |
| Publisher | : History Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2017-02 |
| Genre | : Leros, Battle of, Greece, 1943 |
| ISBN | : 9780750968355 |
In autumn 1943 the Italian-held Dodecanese was the setting for the last decisive German invasion of the Second World War - and the last irreversible British defeat. After the Italian armistice that followed the downfall of Mussolini, Churchill seized the opportunity to open a new front in the eastern Mediterranean, thereby increasing the pressure against Germany and hoping to provide an incentive for Turkey to join the Allies. Rejected by the Americans, it was a strategy fraught with difficulties and doomed to fail. Spearheaded by the LRDG and SBS, British troops were dispatched to the Aegean with naval units, but little or no air cover. They were opposed by German assault troops with overwhelming air superiority. Within 3 months, German forces had seized nearly all of the Dodecanese, which was occupied until the end of the war.
Private Army
| Author | : Vladimir Peniakoff |
| Publisher | : London : Cape |
| Total Pages | : 566 |
| Release | : 1950 |
| Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
| ISBN | : |
Søgeord: PPA; Jebel Akhdar; Kufra;Senussi;
The Long Range Desert Group
| Author | : Karl-Gunnar Norén |
| Publisher | : Helion |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2022-02-15 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781915113061 |
The world's most respected special forces unit, the Special Air Service (SAS), was inspired by another irregular unit, the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) or simply Ghost Patrol. You may now accompany the authors in Ghost Patrol vehicles far, far behind Rommel's lines. While doing so you will acquire insights into some extreme raids and reconnaissance missions. You will become familiar with tactics and inventions of the Ghost Patrol that are still relevant today. This book is also the story of an LRDG research expedition to modern Egypt undertaken in original WWII Jeeps and described as a "2300-mile Sahara epic" by Classic & Sports Car magazine. Original LRDG training notes and other tips for extreme travellers are included.
Defending Air Bases in an Age of Insurgency
| Author | : Shannon Caudill |
| Publisher | : Military Bookshop |
| Total Pages | : 444 |
| Release | : 2014-08 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781782666851 |
This anthology discusses the converging operational issues of air base defense and counterinsurgency. It explores the diverse challenges associated with defending air assets and joint personnel in a counterinsurgency environment. The authors are primarily Air Force officers from security forces, intelligence, and the office of special investigations, but works are included from a US Air Force pilot and a Canadian air force officer. The authors examine lessons from Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts as they relate to securing air bases and sustaining air operations in a high-threat counterinsurgency environment. The essays review the capabilities, doctrine, tactics, and training needed in base defense operations and recommend ways in which to build a strong, synchronized ground defense partnership with joint and combined forces. The authors offer recommendations on the development of combat leaders with the depth of knowledge, tactical and operational skill sets, and counterinsurgency mind set necessary to be effective in the modern asymmetric battlefield.
A Midshipman's War
| Author | : Frank Wade |
| Publisher | : Trafford |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
| ISBN | : 9781412070690 |
The World War II Mediterranean sea battles are not well known. Many of our ships were sunk, but Malta was saved. North Africa was cleared and Sicily taken in 1943.
Images of Colonialism and Decolonisation in the Italian Media
| Author | : Paolo Bertella Farnetti |
| Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2017-11-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 152750414X |
The twentieth century saw a proliferation of media discourses on colonialism and, later, decolonisation. Newspapers, periodicals, films, radio and TV broadcasts contributed to the construction of the image of the African “Other” across the colonial world. In recent years, a growing body of literature has explored the role of these media in many colonial societies. As regards the Italian context, however, although several works have been published about the links between colonial culture and national identity, none have addressed the specific role of the media and their impact on collective memory (or lack thereof). This book fills that gap, providing a review of images and themes that have surfaced and resurfaced over time. The volume is divided into two sections, each organised around an underlying theme: while the first deals with visual memory and images from the cinema, radio, television and new media, the second addresses the role of the printed press, graphic novels and comics, photography and trading cards.
