The Commandos, also known as the British Commandos, were formed during the Second World War in June 1940, following a request from Winston Churchill, for...

Marines. It is composed of Royal Marine Commandos and commando qualified personnel from the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. The brigade was...

36 hours. Army Commandos were all volunteers selected from existing soldiers still in Britain. During the war the British Army Commandos spawned several...

detachment of No. 62 Commando . Neither Lassen nor Appleyard survived the war. The following battle honours were awarded to the British Commandos during the Second...

No. 8 (Guards) Commando was a unit of the British Commandos and part of the British Army during the Second World War. The Commando was formed in June...

the RMBPD British Commandos - unit that provided the template for the Commandos Marine "La Force Maritime des fusiliers marins et commandos". 28 October...

Cdo's manpower. The three remaining commandos were restyled 40, 42 and 45 Commandos RM in March 1946. The Commando unit was based in Hong Kong between...

The Commando Basic Training Centre was a British Army training establishment primarily for the training of British Commandos during the Second World War...

Operation Devon was the code name of an amphibious landing by British Commandos in 1943 at Termoli, on the Adriatic coast of Italy, during the Italian...

forces. It features in the insignia of the British 3 Commando Brigade, the Belgian Commandos, the Dutch Commando Corps (founded in the UK during World War...

Royal Marines Commandos, and officially as the Corps of Royal Marines, are the United Kingdom's amphibious special operations capable commando force, one...

also featured the Howling Commandos, a fictional World War II unit that first appeared in Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 (cover dated May 1963)...

guard left with the captives, the commandos tied the prisoners' hands behind their backs. According to the commandos, one prisoner started shouting to...

the British Commandos, a special-forces unit active during World War II. It is still worn by members of the Royal Marines after passing the Commando Course...

40 Commando RM is a battalion-sized formation of the British Royal Marines and subordinate unit within UK Commando Force, the principal Commando formation...

41 Commando or No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando was a unit of the Royal Marines trained as Commandos during the Second World War. They were part of the...

(2006). British Commandos 1940–46. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84176-986-8. Saunders, Hilary St. George (1959) [1949]. The Green Beret: The Commandos at...

Brigade 4th Special Service Brigade British Commandos Army Commandos 1940–45 By Mike Chappell, p 31 British Commandos 1940–46 By Timothy Robert Moreman...

torpedoes were first used against Britain in 1941 when Italian commando frogmen, some riding manned torpedoes, attacked British naval bases at Malta, Gibraltar...

secondment to the commandos; they retained their regimental cap badges and remained on the regimental roll for pay. The new force of commandos came under the...

sections. Commandos were all volunteers seconded from other British Army regiments and retained their own cap badges, with the exception of No 2 Commando who...

The Commandos formed during the Second World War, following an order from the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in June 1940 for a force that could...

was a commando (special operations capable) brigade of the British Army. Formed during the Second World War, it consisted of elements of the British Army...

agents, 11 commandos from the SSRF and 17 men recruited from the local population to crew the two tugs. The mission suffered a blow when the British General...

Robert (2006). British Commandos 1940–46. London: Osprey Publishing. pp. 37–49. ISBN 1-84176-986-X. "Les fusiliers marins et les commandos". Ministère de...

The No. 1 Commando was a unit of the British Commandos and part of the British Army during the Second World War. It was raised in 1940 from the ranks of...

renamed commandos. The No. 1 Special Service Battalion became No. 1 and No. 2 Commandos. The No. 2 Special Service Battalion became No. 9 Commando. The No...

the British Commandos who trained all around the Lochaber region which the monument overlooks, while they were based at the Achnacarry Commando Training...

concealment while the Commandos approached the battery. As the convoy of landing craft and other vessels ferried the Commandos across the English Channel;...

virtually all the small craft intended to transport the commandos back to England. The commandos fought their way through the town to escape overland but...