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| Author | : Tim Moreman |
| Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2006-03-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781841769868 |
From their establishment in June 1940, the Commando units conducted a succession of daring hit-and-run raids from the sea into North-West Europe, Scandinavia, Italy and the Middle East. Among the highly publicised Commando operations were the raids on Vaagso, Dieppe, and St Nazaire. The Commandos also spawned a range of other Special Forces, including the Special Air Service, Special Boat Service and the Parachute Regiment. This Battle Orders title provides a detailed examination of the Army (and later Royal Marine) Commandos raised in the United Kingdom, from their inception in 1940 through to 1946, when the Army Commandos were disbanded and the role was assigned exclusively to the Royal Marines.
| Author | : Charles Messenger |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 472 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Great Britain |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Mike Chappell |
| Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1996-09-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781855325791 |
The period from early 1940 to the end of 1942 was a time of gloom and uncertainty for the British, who stood alone against the assembled might of the Axis powers. They badly needed a champion, and were to find this in a small force of soldiers who inspired them with a series of daring raids against the coasts of 'occupied Europe', becoming the heroes of the British public and of the British Prime Minister who had created them. This title explores the wartime history of the British Army Commandos whose bravery did so much to raise the morale of the British public during World War II (1939-1945).
| Author | : Robin Neillands |
| Publisher | : Fontana Press |
| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 1989 |
| Genre | : Great Britain |
| ISBN | : 9780006374978 |
| Author | : Angus Konstam |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 68 |
| Release | : 2016-11-17 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1472814835 |
With Hitler's army rampaging across Europe, Winston Churchill ordered the creation of a special fighting force – the Commandos. These valiant men were volunteers drawn from the ranks of the British Army, formed into a Special Service Brigade and put through a rigorous but highly effective training programme. Over the course of World War II they would see action in every major theatre of operation and are credited with numerous feats of gallantry during the D-Day landings. Although many units were disbanded after the war, the Royal Marine Commandos have maintained the standards of this elite fighting formation to the present day. Angus Konstam explores the history of the Commandos during their formative years, providing detailed descriptions of their training, weapons and equipment. Battle reports are accompanied by specially commissioned Osprey artwork and historical photographs, offering readers an in-depth analysis of some of the most famous fighting units in the British Army's history.
| Author | : Nick van der Bijl |
| Publisher | : Osprey Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 64 |
| Release | : 2006-07-25 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781841769998 |
Osprey's study of British commandos of World War II (1939-1945). The largest, but least-known of all Britain's elite wartime Commando raiding units, No.10 (Inter-Allied) was recruited from volunteers of many nations who had fled to Britain to carry on the fight after their own countries fell to the Nazis. Alongside Poles, Frenchmen, Dutchmen, Belgians, Norwegians and patriots from even further afield, the unit even included a small number of remarkably brave German and Austrian refugees from Nazism. These commandos took part in daring raids, intelligence missions and conventional infantry battles in North-West Europe and in the Mediterranean theatre. They earned many decorations and several battlefield commissions for gallantry and leadership; and after the war, some national contingents formed the nucleus of the new special forces of their liberated nations. This book examines these daring and secret units.
| Author | : Lt. Hilary St. George Saunders |
| Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 593 |
| Release | : 2016-01-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1786258099 |
“I am not worried about the fighting. I know you’re fairly bloody-minded. But I want to speak of discipline during the battle.” “You must get ashore, if you have to swim, and I hope some of you will return as you’ll be very useful for the next show.” The words of a Commando officer to his men before they stormed the beaches of Sicily under heavy machine-gun fire sum up the swashbuckling, devil-may-care spirit of the toughest fighting men produced—the Commandos. For their raids and battles far behind enemy lines in France, North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Burma the men in the Green Beret have become a legend. This book shows how this legend was forged.
| Author | : Robin Hunter |
| Publisher | : Virgin Books |
| Total Pages | : 272 |
| Release | : 2012-05-22 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780753540534 |
Raised in the dark, post-Dunkirk days of 1940 to carry the war to the enemy, in five short and violet years the British Army Commandos established a reputation that has made the name 'Commando' the mark of the fighting man. The Commandos began as small-scale raiders but their operations grew in size and destruction as the war progressed until, in the end, there were four full Commando Brigades; superb units which fought in every theatre of war, from Norway to Burma, from the coast of France to the islands of Yugoslavia. The Commandos were disbanded in 1945-46 but reformed in the 1970s, and in 1982, about 1000 army Commandos set sail to fight in the Falklands War. The long and proud history of the army contains accounts of many fine and distinguished units but few can equal - and none exceed - the story of the British Army Commandos.
| Author | : Hilary Aidan St. George Saunders |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 466 |
| Release | : 1949 |
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| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Robert W. Black |
| Publisher | : Presidio Press |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 2010-11-17 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0307776158 |
From the deadly shores of North Africa to the invasion of Sicily to the fierce jungle hell of the Pacific, the contribution of the World War II Ranger Battalions far outweighed their numbers. They were ordinary men on an extraordinary mission, experiencing the full measure of the fear, exhaustion, and heroism of combat in nearly every major invasion of the war. Whether spearheading a landing force or scouting deep behind enemy lines, these highly motivated, highly trained volunteers led the way for other soldiers -- they were Rangers. With first-person interviews, in-depth research, and a complete appendix naming every Ranger known to have served, author Robert Black, a Ranger himself, has made the battles of WWII come to life through the struggles of the men who fought to win the greatest war the world has ever seen.
