In Rommel's Backyard, A Memoir of the Long Range Desert Grop

Alastair Timpson

ISBN 10: 0850527147 / ISBN 13: 9780850527148

Published by Leo Cooper, England, 2000

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Leo Cooper, England. Unit history of the British Long Range Desert Group. The unit was the eyes and ears of the British Eighth Army. Working behind the lines they also destroyed enemy aircraft, supply dumps, vehicles and transported special forces and agents to their objectives. Written by a veteran of the group. Very good copy of the first edition in a very good dust jacket. 182 pages. Seller Inventory # 36103

Bibliographic Details

Title: In Rommel's Backyard, A Memoir of the Long ...

Publisher: Leo Cooper, England

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

As the British 8th Army dug in at El Alamein to make a last stand against the Afrika Korps' advance on the Suez Canal, the German forces under Erwin Rommel were bedeviled by an endless series of hit-and-run raids. Instrumental in the British commando effort was the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG). Equipped with modified trucks and jeeps, the LRDG carried out its own raids and reconnaissance missions, and moved Special Air Service and Commando units into position for their own attacks.

Alaistair Timpson, a captain in the Scots Guards, was commander of 6 (Guards) Patrol of the LRDG. His missions often involved 1,200-mile treks across the desert for attacks and scouting behind German lines. Timpson's original narrative has been brilliantly edited by Andrew Gibson-Watt, who places each LRDG mission in the broader context of the Desert War and gives some insight into the character of the author.