LONG RANGE DESERT GROUP

LRDG (full name: Long Range Desert Group is the name of the British elite unit from the Second World War. It was formed in Egypt in 1940, and its formal dissolution took place in August 1945. He brought it to life by a special order of General Archibald Wavell. It was made up of soldiers from all over the British Empire, and many of them were volunteers. The LRDG was used primarily to conduct reconnaissance and subversive activities against the Axis forces in the period 1940-1943 in North Africa. Sometimes, however, the unit was used as a classic combat unit. One of the most famous LRDG operations was Operation Caravan, i.e. a relatively small attack on the city of Barka. The soldiers of the formation, which had a maximum of 350-400 people, used specially adapted cars for their tasks - especially Jeep Willys or Chevrolet 30CWT cars. After the end of the fighting in North Africa in 1943, the unit served in the Middle East and the Balkans.