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LRDG History

• LRDG Preservation Society Great site with extensive picture collection of LRDG vehicles, links to vehicle owners etc. Society chairman Jack owns a beautifully restored 30cwt Chevy and knows practically everything about this make.
• Leslie McIver Very fine collection of otherwise unpublished pictures of an Ex-LRDG member.
• Bagnold's Bluff Article by Trevor Constable about LRDG's first commanding officer; quite a good read.
  **Note** By linking to an article on the pages of the Institute for Historical Review, I by no means want to propagate the Institute's revisionist views on history. As a matter of fact, I think every IHR contributor should be made to endure all the atrocities they so vigorously want to deny. How an article on one of Britain's war heroes ended up being published next to texts like "Did six million really die?" or "The Zionist Terror Network" is beyond me - your guess is as good as mine. However, Constable's article, which draws mainly from interviews with the man himself, offers invaluable insight into LRDG's early days and is highly recommended.
  
• Popski's Private Army Preservation Society Site with lots of information on Popski's desert raiding force.
• SAS/LRDG Heroes The website of Mike Morgan, author of "Daggers Drawn" and "Sting of the Scorpion".
• Allied Special Forces Organisation A very well organized site with information on various special forces units, including a section on LRDG.

General History

• The World War 2 Study: North Africa Good introduction to the North African campaign.
• History Source Books at Fordham University Great collection of source texts from virtually every epoch of human history; the WW2 section contains (or links to) everything from Churchill's famous speeches to transcripts of the Nuremberg Trials.
• WebChron Concise Chronology of main events of history.
• Military History Good overview site with links to sources, museums etc.
• World War 2, a British Focus Extensive collection of links to sites about the British Army in WW2.

Vehicles and Equipment

• Kent War and Peace Show Annual meeting of Military Vehicle enthusiasts - You are pretty sure to see some restored LRDG vehicles there.
• AFV Interiors Extensive information on various WW2 armoured vehicles; good collection of photos and technical illustrations.
• Milipics Photos of various restored WW2 vehicles, among them very high quality images of an SAS Jeep.
• Oldtimer Truck Gallery Loads of images of vintage trucks, including Ford and Chevrolet trucks as used by LRDG.
• CMP information Very detailed overview of the different styles of Ford and Chevrolet CMP trucks made during WW2 (LRDG used Ford F30 and F60 and possibly F8 CMPs).
• Maple Leaf Up Information on various vehicles built in Canada during WW2 and used by the Canadian Army Overseas - many of these vehicle types were also used by British forces, including LRDG.
  
• Vickers Machineguns All the information you could wish for about various models of Vickers guns.

Museums of interest

• Imperial War Museum, London Home to the only surviving original LRDG vehicle (a Chevy WB).
• Waco Museum Troy, Ohio A collection of everything related to Waco Planes.
• IWM Duxford The Duxford dependance of the Imperial War Museum has one of the most incredible collections of airplanes I have ever seen in one place (a B52 bomber is something you have to see up close to believe).
• Tank Museum Bovington A wonderful collection of WW1 and WW2 armor.
• Deutsches Museum, München One of the largest collections of artifacts  of technical history worldwide, has a great collection of German WW2 planes. And yes, I live pretty close to it.
• National Air and Space Museum The Smithsonian Institute's wonderful collection of planes and spacecraft - among them some WACO biplanes.

Modelling
Distributors

• squadron.com Simply the best online distributor for model kits and accessories.
• Walthers, inc World's largest distributor for model railroad accessories; great for finding diorama accessories.
• RLBPS Miniatures Wargaming miniatures in 20mm and 25mm scale; 20mm scale models work perfectly for 1/72 scale dioramas.
• Scheuer & Strüver German distributor for model kits and stuff. Good selection, cheaper to use when you're from Europe :)
• Modellbau Haupt Fine German distributor, carries many not so well known product lines.
  

Manufacturers

• Britannia Miniatures Very fine Resin models in 20mm and 25mm scale.
• Skytrex Models White metal miniatures in 20mm and 25mm scale - some vehicles used by LRDG and the Italian Compagnia Autosahara to be found there.
• D.J. Parkins A number of extremely fine Resin models in 1/72 and 1/76 scale, including detailing sets for Airfix's RAF airport vehicles and a complete conversion kit for the Matchbox/Revell 1/72 Corvette (expensive).
• Wespe Models Some  very nice models in 1/72 and 1/35 scale - mostly German support vehicles, but also some British and American Trucks.
• FSF A German manufacturer of fine 1/72 scale armor models, a number of WW1 tanks, some WW2 vehicles and a very interesting line of medieval figures and siege engines.
• Woodland Scenics Really great diorama accessories in HO scale.
• Rustall Unbelievably effective paint for achieving realistic rust effects on plastic models; check out the amazing results here.

Miscellaneous

• Bob's Aircraft Documentation Looking for a 3D drawing or interior photographs of an airplane? Look there. You'll find it.
• Scale Model Net A great resource for anything related to scale modelling.

• Libya Online Official Website of Libya, the country where most of the LRDG missions took place. Photos, maps, tourist information, confusing site layout.
• Sahara-Info A great resource of up-to-date information for travellers to any Sahara country (German only).
• FJ Expeditions The website of Hungarian desert explorer András Zboray - a very good source for information about the Western Desert, with many stunningly beautiful images of the Egyptian and Libyan landscape.
• Karl Därr A legend among desert travellers, chances are Mr. Därr has been to any region of Africa imaginable at least twice. For about twenty years, his shop has been a great place to exchange information about remote regions and get the stuff you really need for desert travel (German only).
• Lonely Planet World Guide The publishers of some of the finest travel guides available have put together a website which contains basic information about travelling to almost any destination imaginable - while these short guides do not give any in-depth information about destinations, the site is a good resource for up-to-date general information about visa restrictions and possible problems for travellers.
  
• default games The totally non LRDG-related project I'm currently working on.

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