Piracy on the high sands: covert military mobilities in the Libyan desert, 1940-1943

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Piracy on the high sands: covert military mobilities in the Libyan desert, 1940-1943

This paper explores the history of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) who gained notoriety in the Second World War by conducting a new form of covert warfare deep behind enemy lines. The LRDG waged a psychological war; continuously appearing and disappearing, they succeeded in creating a sense tha...

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Main Author:	Forsyth, Isla
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier 2017
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44247/

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