Shortly after the invasion of Sicily and 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 234 Brigade, the LRDG
landed covertly on Leros establishing observation posts, reporting
movement of enemy shipping and aircraft. In October the LRDG were
ordered to assault the island of Levitha losing forty highly
skilled men killed or captured. The Germans invaded Leros with
overwhelming force on 12 November 1943, five days later the battle
was over. While many British troops were captured most of the LRDG
and SBS escaped. Their individual stories make for enthralling
reading. A measure of the intensity of the fighting is the fact
that the LRDG lost more men in three months in the Aegean than in
three years in the desert operating behind enemy lines. The author,
an acknowledged expert on the LRDG uses official sources, both
British and German, and individual accounts to piece together the
full story of this dramatic, costly but little-known campaign. It
is a valuable addition to the history of special forces in the
Second World War.
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