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Commandos in Exile: The Story of 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando 1942-1945

By Nicholas , Van der Bijl

Book information

Publisher
Pen & Sword Military
Year
2008
ISBN
1844157903, 978-1-84415-790-7, 978-1-84468-640-7, 978-1-84468-641-4, 0-1942-1945-3
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
10 MB (10959778 bytes)
Pages
226\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
10th.;World War1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.;Commando troops.1939-1945 -- Commando operations -- Great Britain.Great Britain. -- Combined Operations Command. --

Description

Formed from members of Free Forces who had escaped from German occupation, 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando was one of the most unusual units in WW2. All members had to pass the Green Beret commando course at Achnacarry in Scotland and the book begins by describing this training. With no less than six national troops, plus X Troop drawn from exiled Jews, 10 Commando never fought as an entity but loaned troops for specific operations, such as One Troop (French) taking part in the Dieppe Raid, 2 Troop (Dutch) fighting at Arnhem, 5 Troop (Norwegian) raiding the Lofoten Islands etc. At other times groups played a key intelligence role questioning POWs, translating captured documents, conducting reconnaissance patrols and intelligence gathering on the D-Day beaches. The history of X Commando, made up of escaped Jewish individuals is especially interesting. The book also reviews the growth of post-war national Commando forces

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