LRDG - TRACKS - Escape to Switzerland
Gross, Kuno Much has been written about the Long Range Desert Group and its daring missions. However, one topic is rarely mentioned, those members of the LRDG who were taken prisoner.
This book is based on the diaries of Guardsman Cyril Richardson, outline his experiences with G1 Patrol during 1941, then his daily life in the Italian PoW camps, culminating in his escape from northern Italy over the Alps into Switzerland in September 1943.
Richardson's war...