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 ...
TheSupermarine Spitfiresof the Royal Air Force were undeniably exceptional planes and greatly admired by friend and foe alike. In fact, when Field Marshal Hermann Göring asked his Jäger officers what he could do for them during the height of theBattle of Britain, GruppenkommandeurAdolf Galland...
Additionally, the UDT accompanied South Korean commandos on raids in the North to demo train tunnels. The higher-ranking officers of the UDT frowned upon this activity because it was a non-traditional use of the Naval forces, which took them too far from the water line. Due to the nature ...
Site Update: Training With the Royal Marines: 12.04.09: In the interested of getting our Living History display as correct as we can we had a weekend training with the Royal Marines, well South West Wargames which is run by ex Marines and staffed with serving Marines. Site Update: RT Verm...
Immediate plans to land 30 Australian commandos and five tons of supplies on Bougainville had to be hurriedly reworked. The submarine Gato took over the mission, but had to make two trips where the Argonaut would have needed only one. Ultimately, six of Fife’s submarines would be engaged ...
The commandos had already departed toward the two headlands as the troops destined for Puys and Pourville were loaded onto their landing craft. As officers moved reassuringly among the soldiers, the men began to blacken their faces and arms; some rechecked equipment, many steadied their nerves ...
The Marines had eight hours of training a day. But that was nothing to what faced them on the islands. There, in the biting cold, a bed for the night consisted of a hastily-built trench covered with heavy duty polythene. Food came in dehydrated packs. Highly prized were the two ...
1961 –The Guns of Navarone. British commandos infiltrate a Nazi-occupied Greek island to destroy two enormous cannons hidden in a mountain. 1962 –The Longest Day. A star-studded multi-national portrayal of the 1944 Normandy Invasion.
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May 8th: Eight Provisional IRA personnel attack an RUC station in Loughgall, County Armagh, but are engaged by a platoon of British SAS commandos. All eight IRA members are killed, along with a civilian caught in the crossfire. July 19th: A 21-year-old British Army soldier is shot and ...