British airborne commandos struck at a German Wurzburg radar station on the north coast of France. After capturing valuable electronic components and taking prisoners, including a German radar technician, the force escaped in a small Royal Navy flotilla sent to fetch them home. The daring moonlight...
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History records Operation Gunnerside as a major turning point in the war when, on February 27, 1943, commandos blew up the German heavy-water plant at Telemark in Norway. In the Hollywood version, The Heroes of Telemark prevented the Nazis from building a functioning atomic bomb and (by ...
A view of the sea at Nan Red Beach in the Juno beach area in Saint Aubin sur Mer, France. On June 6, 1944 at approximately 9:00 a.m., Royal Marine Commandos of Britain's 4th Special Service Brigade made their way onto the beach. Bernieres-sur-Mere, France Peter Macdiarmid/Getty I...
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million consultancy engagement. In 1940 a buckshee captain went off with the authority of the Deputy CIGS. The British Army seems have been ambivalent about Commandos, allowing the Royal Marines to own the concept. Durnford Slater’s work provides some explanations about why they may have been ...
British Commandos and Norwegian troops completed the Operation Anklet raid in the Lofoten Islands in northern Norway, embarking a number of ships to return to Britain along with 29 prisoners of war and 200 Norwegian volunteers who wished to joined the forces of the Norwegian government-in-exile.ww...
Presidents and the rule of British monarchs George VI and later his daughter Elizabeth II. Known as the Great Leader (Suryong), he established a personality cult which dominates domestic politics in North Korea. At the 6th WPK Congress in 1980, his oldest son Kim Jong-il was elected as a...
of the era.It had a captivating, cinematic plot and was a genuine sandbox– the assigned tasks could be completed in various ways, and the game let us play as riflemen, commandos, tank commanders and helicopter pilots. In addition, the support for mods provided endless amounts of play...
Following Israel’s victory during the war, Egypt began shelling IDF bases along the Suez Canal in what escalated into the War of Attrition. On July 19, 1969, Israeli commandos conducted a military raid on Green Island, a British-built fortress and one of...