Originally Posted by
lightonthewater
At the time that this was set, my late father was in the first siege of Tobruk, wounded there, and then spent time in the desert thereafter, (before being posted to India and Burma). He came across some of the Long Range Desert Group, (in circumstances he would not talk about,) and told me that they were a bunch of maniacs. He said he would believe ANYTHING reported of them, no matter how seemingly crazy, criminal, impossible or stupid.
Even today, the people who are engaged in these sort of roles are maniacs, as normal people are unlikely to want do them!
I'm just grateful we have them on our side.