Narrow Escapes of World War II episode 11
Narrow Escapes of World War II episode 11: A Scottish soldier who hiked 200 miles through the Libyan desert without water or supplies recalls Ronald Moore, the leader of his party. With the Italians preparing to invade Egypt in the summer of 1940, the British armys Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) causes havoc far behind the front. But after an LRDG patrol is attacked, a tough New Zealander named Ron Moore leads the survivors barefoot through the desert, 300 miles from Allied lines. Pat Clayton, the model for the character played by Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient. Clayton’s unit […]
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