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Commando Crusade 1943 44
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Author : Thomas Churchill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986-01-01
Commando Crusade 1943 44 written by Thomas Churchill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986-01-01 with categories.
Commando Crusade
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Author : Thomas Bell Lindsay Churchill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Commando Crusade written by Thomas Bell Lindsay Churchill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Generals categories.
44 R M Commando
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Author : Tony Mackenzie
language : en
Publisher: Tom Donovan Publishing Limited
Release Date : 1996
44 R M Commando written by Tony Mackenzie and has been published by Tom Donovan Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
A Diary of the Commando at War, August 1943 to March 1947
Special Operations In World War Ii
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Author : Andrew L. Hargreaves
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2013-10-28
Special Operations In World War Ii written by Andrew L. Hargreaves and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with History categories.
British and American commanders first used modern special forces in support of conventional military operations during World War II. Since then, although special ops have featured prominently in popular culture and media coverage of wars, the academic study of irregular warfare has remained as elusive as the practitioners of special operations themselves. This book is the first comprehensive study of the development, application, and value of Anglo-American commando and special forces units during the Second World War. Special forces are intensively trained, specially selected military units performing unconventional and often high-risk missions. In this book, Andrew L. Hargreaves not only describes tactics and operations but also outlines the distinctions between commandos and special forces, traces their evolution during the war, explains how the Anglo-American alliance functioned in the creation and use of these units, looks at their command and control arrangements, evaluates their impact, and assesses their cost-effectiveness. The first real impetus for the creation of British specialist formations came in the desperate summer of 1940 when, having been pushed out of Europe following defeat in France and the Low Countries, Britain began to turn to irregular forces in an effort to wrest back the strategic initiative from the enemy. The development of special forces by the United States was also a direct consequence of defeat. After Pearl Harbor, Hargreaves shows, the Americans found themselves in much the same position as Britain had been in 1940: shocked, outnumbered, and conventionally defeated, they were unable to come to grips with the enemy on a large scale. By the end of the war, a variety of these units had overcome a multitude of evolutionary hurdles and made valuable contributions to practically every theater of operation. In describing how Britain and the United States worked independently and cooperatively to invent and put into practice a fundamentally new way of waging war, this book demonstrates the two nations’ flexibility, adaptability, and ability to innovate during World War II.
Commando Tactics
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Author : Stephen Bull
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Commando Tactics written by Stephen Bull and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with History categories.
British commandos are among the most celebrated soldiers of the Second World War. Their daring, ingenuity and bravery have given rise to an almost legendary reputation that makes it difficult to appreciate fully their role and their true value as fighting men. Stephen Bull, in this in-depth study of commando tactics and history, seeks to dispel the myths and the misunderstandings that surround them, and he places these elite troops of 70 years ago in the context of their times. He also demonstrates that the idea of the commando took time to develop - and that commando operations were far from always successful. Commando tactics - amphibious, mountain, close quarter - were forged through the often-painful experience of raids and combined operations. And commando tactics and organization remained in a state of flux throughout the war as new situations and challenges arose. Stephen Bull's vivid account will be essential reading for anyone who is interested in commando fighting techniques and the early history of special forces.
The Wildest Province
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Author : Roderick Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-10-31
The Wildest Province written by Roderick Bailey and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-31 with History categories.
In 1943, small teams of elite British soldiers began parachuting into the mountains of Axis-occupied Albania. They were members of Britain's Special Operations Executive, and their task was to find and arm bands of local guerillas and harass the Axis as best they could. None had been to Albania before, or knew what awaited them. Trying to survive in extreme conditions and formidable terrain, these young Britons lived in constant danger of capture and death, and were plagued by illness, lice and frostbite. Casualties were appalling and most guerillas keener to kill each other than fight Italians and Germans. In his extraordinary new book, Roderick Bailey draws on interviews with survivors, long-hidden diaries and recently declassified files to tell the full story of this remarkable corner of SOE history and finally settle the question of whether or not British communists in SOE, perhaps even colleagues of the Cambridge spies, had conspired to betray British interests.
Ships Monthly
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Ships Monthly written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Ships categories.
Crusade
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Author : Rick Atkinson
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 1993
Crusade written by Rick Atkinson and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
Integrating interviews with individuals ranging from senior policymakers to frontline soldiers, a look at the Persian Gulf War shows how the conflict transformed modern warfare.
Who Was Who
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Who Was Who written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Biography categories.
The Decisive Campaigns Of The Desert Air Force 1942 1945
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Author : Bryn Evans
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2014-04-30
The Decisive Campaigns Of The Desert Air Force 1942 1945 written by Bryn Evans and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-30 with History categories.
“Absorbing . . . this is an excellent account of air operations and tactics of the air battles in North Africa, the Mediterranean, and Italy.”—Firetrench Compared to the RAF’s Fighter and Bomber Commands, the Desert Air Force (DAF) is far less well known, yet its achievements were spectacular. DAF led the way in North Africa and Italy in pioneering new tactics in close Army-Air Force cooperation on the battlefield; DAF and Allied air forces gave Allied armies in North Africa and Italy a decisive cutting edge. While the Axis forces used the many rivers and mountains of Tunisia and Italy to slow the Allies’ advance, DAF was there to provide that extra mobile firepower—the artillery from the sky. They were the first multinational air force, and the first to introduce air controllers in the front lines of the battlefield. With first-hand accounts by veteran airmen from Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the USA, this book “tells the previously untold story of how the DAF was the most decisive single factor in winning the three battles of El Alamein, and victory in the North Africa and Italy campaigns” (Yorkshire Evening Post). “A most welcome addition to the historiography of the air aspects of the war in North Africa and the wider Mediterranean . . . [it] will have considerable appeal to a wide ranging readership, but especially those interested in the tactical detail and personal experiences of the airmen involved in the various campaigns.”—British Journal for Military History