The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War. Originally called the Long Range Patrol (LRP), the unit was founded in Egypt in June 1940 by Major Ralph Alger Bagnold, acting under the direction of General Archibald Wavell.

While larger maps of the area of operations are limited to inside the front and back covers they are of the Western Desert and the Adriatic, the disastrous Greek Islands campaign map is tucked away on page 132 in the book. There are many excellent photos however interspersed throughout and most now familiar with any enthusiast of the LRDG history.

Theodolites are predominantly a survey tool, used by land surveyors to measure the rise & fall of the land, they could also be used to measure the angles of various stars & planets to plot a person’s position on a map in conjunction with a Almanac, this would be what the LRDG would use them for initially, the LRDG did also form their own ...

Maps used by the LRDG, and compiled using information supplied by them, may be found at NCUACS35.3.92/D.70-NCUACS35.3.92/D.96. Photographs of the LRDG may be found at...

The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War. The group was founded in Egypt in June 1940 and was initially called long Range Patrol (LRP).

2002年1月1日 · Features include more than 600 photographs, most of which have never been seen before; over 200 full-colour images of LRDG badges, medals and militaria; 6 detailed maps; 268 action-packed pages; full citations of all Rhodesian gallantry awards; a full nominal roll of all Rhodesians who served with the LRDG; reminiscences by serving patrolmen.

长距离沙漠群（英语：Long Range Desert Group，缩写为 LRDG），在第二次世界大战期间，由英国陆军组建的特种部队，负责侦查及突击，运作于北非战场，以对抗德意志非洲军。

2016年5月25日 · The LRDG area of operations between 1940–1943 was the Libyan desert, which stretches about 930 miles (1,500 km) south from the Mediterranean to the Tibesti and the …

Like the LRDG map, the 152 has helpful detail like ‘ piste tres difficile ‘ as well as the famous info on water resources ‘ tres mauvais a 50m ‘, that we recognise from the later editions which covered the Sahara all the way to the Atlantic.

The men of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) in the Middle East in World War II did this, and more. The LRDG had been variously described as “arguably the most dashing and successful irregular formation on either side in the entire war,” and “probably one of the most cost-effective special forces in the history of warfare.”