It was founded by two former Royal Marine commandos and outfits record-setting British ice climbers. The brand makes some of the hardest-wearing outdoor apparel in the world. No bones about it: this is gear designed for conquest. There’s no “Jöttnar Urban” lifestyle line or even a ...
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 ...
British Combined Operations veteran LCDR Wooley, of the Royal Navy, was placed in charge of the OSS Maritime Unit in June 1943. Their training started in November 1943 at Camp Pendleton, moved to Catalina Island in January 1944, and finally moved to the warmer waters in the Bahamas in ...
Gold was divided into sectors H, I, J, and K, with the main landing areas being Jig Green and Red plus King Green and Red. It was one of the largest of D-Day beaches. Gold was assaulted by the British Fiftieth (Northumberland) Infantry Division and 47 Royal Marine Commando in the It...
1915-20. (Museum of Wayne County History accession #Pi 176m with verso sticker additionally listing number 122 and $12.00) Right: “Untitled Marine Landscape” (Mexico or California): Henry Ravell, American: 1864-1930. Vintage multiple colored gum print ca. 1907-1920. (Museum of Wayne ...
Commanded by the charismatic Brigadier Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, the First Special Service Brigade was formed specifically for the Normandy landings. Its components were Nos. 3, 4, and 6 Commandos of the British Army, No. 45 Royal Marine Commando, and part of No. 10 Interallied Commando, ma...
3 Squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, which could explain the difficulty researchers have had in locating the original sighting report.[44] The Navy also had a rather curious report from Lieutenant Commander Roy S. Benson’s submarine Trigger, whose patrol area was adjacent to that ...
other Havana hangers-on, including a shadowy American soldier of fortune known only as Lucas. Lending the enterprise a much-needed patina of military professionalism was Marine Master Sergeant Don Saxon, who could field-strip and reassemble a machine gun in total darkness in a matter of seconds....
On the night of January 13, 1941, German commandos boarded and captured two Norwegian factory ships in the sea north of Dronning Maud Land. By the end of the next day, the Germans had taken possession of three factory ships and eleven catchers. The German Navy subsequently used the waters...