Pics and film of the very first LRDG patrol into Libya.

[russjt]

Previously unseen pics and film of the Long Range Desert Group on the very first patrol into Libya , which we all know gave birth to the SAS .

There is a documentary which includes all pics and film clips but I dont think its even on youtube yet !

Its ANZAC day here in New Zealand and im sitting watching the doco at this very minute , once i find it online ill ad the link ,

enjoy the short clip.


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[chigudo]

Previously unseen pics and film of the Long Range Desert Group on the very first patrol into Libya , which we all know gave birth to the SAS .

There is a documentary which includes all pics and film clips but I dont think its even on youtube yet !

Its ANZAC day here in New Zealand and im sitting watching the doco at this very minute , once i find it online ill ad the link ,

enjoy the short clip.


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the desert long range group was formed by a scotsman, kiwis,rhodesians and saffas etc, also a notable irish man paddy mayne


The unit, initially known as the Long Range Patrol, was founded on 3 July 1940. From the start it was thought that Australians and New Zealanders, with their mostly rural backgrounds, would be more self-reliant than their more urbanised British counterparts. However, General Blamey was restricted by a directive issued by the Australian government that Australian personnel were to fight together as the AIF and were not to be parcelled out to non-Australian formations. The New Zealanders were approached next and 150 New Zealand volunteers were then selected with the permission of General Freyberg, the New Zealand commanding general in the Middle East theatre. Bagnold had reasoned that the New Zealanders, being mostly farmers, would be more adept at using and maintaining machinery. Later additions to the group included British and Rhodesian units. An Indian Long Range Squadron was also set up, which operated as a semi-autonomous formation within the LRDG Several South Africans

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Kiwis comprised the majority of the DLRG, with large numbers of british,south african, rhodesians and australians as well as indians