The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean

A history of the British Army unit's deployment to and defense of a group of islands between Greece and Turkey during World War II.

Shortly after the invasion of Sicily, in order to distract German attention from the Italian campaign, Churchill ordered the occupation of the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean.

The Long Range Desert Group, retraining in Lebanon, were now part of Raiding Forces, Middle East, along with the Special Boat Service and No 30 Commando. In support of 3,000 regulars in...