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.
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.
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.
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.
The Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Burma
| Author | : Richard Duckett |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 391 |
| Release | : 2017-10-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1786722720 |
In the mountains and jungles of occupied Burma during World War II, British special forces launched a series of secret operations, assisted by parts of the Burmese population. The men of the SOE, trained in sabotage and guerrilla warfare, worked in the jungle, deep behind enemy lines, to frustrate the puppet Burmese government of Ba Maw and continue the fight against Hirohito's Japan in a theatre starved of resources. Here, Richard Duckett uses newly declassified documents from the National Archives to reveal for the first time the extent of British special forces' involvement - from the 1941 operations until beyond Burma's independence from the British Empire in 1948. Duckett argues convincingly that `Operation Character' and `Operation Billet' - large SOE missions launched in support of General Slim's XIV Army offensive to liberate Burma - rank among the most militarily significant of the SOE's secret missions. Featuring a wealth of photographs and accompanying material never before published, including direct testimony recorded by veterans of the campaign and maps from the SOE files, The SOE in Burma tells a compelling story of courage and struggle in during World War II
Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Intelligence
| Author | : Ephraim Kahana |
| Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
| Total Pages | : 403 |
| Release | : 2009-04-13 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0810863022 |
Given the rivalries and suspicions prevailing in the Middle East, it is not surprising that most of these states are very concerned about espionage and infiltration. With the additional threat of terrorism, nuclear weapons, a large U.S. military presence, and the Arab-Israeli conflict, the result is an impressively busy intelligence industry, proportionately larger and more extensive than in most other regions. The Historical Dictionary of Middle East Intelligence addresses intelligence issues in the region from ancient history and the Middle Ages through modern times, covering the decline of the Ottoman Empire, intelligence activity in the Middle East during and between the two world wars, and the interplay between colonial and local intelligence and counterintelligence agencies of the period. It also presents the relatively new fundamentalist terrorist organizations that have had a significant impact on international relations and on the structure and deployment of intelligence, counterintelligence, and other security organs in the Middle East today. With a chronology, an introductory essay, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on important events and key organizations involved in all aspects of intelligence gathering and analysis, as well as the biographies of key players, this is an important reference on the current situation in the Middle East.
