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Special Raiding Squadron – Invasion of Sicily

Special Raiding Squadron – Invasion of Sicily

The invasion of Sicily in July 1943 was based on two Allied armies landing on the island. The US 7th Army were tasked to land on the south-west at Gela, with the British 8th Army on the south-east at Pachino …

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Litani River – The Daring Commando Raid Behind Enemy Lines

Litani River – The Daring Commando Raid Behind Enemy Lines

 No.11 (Scottish) Commando was raised in Galashiels in the summer of 1940, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Dick Pedder, from volunteers from the Scottish Command. From Galashiels they completed a 100-mile march to Ayr before commencing arduous commando training …

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Fighting Man – Johnny Dowling MM

Fighting Man – Johnny Dowling MM

Recipient of the Military Medal (MM), Johnny Dowling of No. 3 Commando, was a fighting man. He learned to box at the famous St. Malachy’s Boxing Club in Liverpool, and after spending three seasons in the city’s tough boxing booths, …

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Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne DSO and 3 Bars – Legend of the SAS

Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne DSO and 3 Bars – Legend of the SAS

Lt Col Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne DSO and 3 Bars, 1 SAS Regiment, was a courageous and brilliant special forces soldier, and one of the most outstanding leaders of the Second World War. A qualified solicitor and Irish Universities heavyweight boxing …

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Anders Lassen’s Victoria Cross

Anders Lassen’s Victoria Cross

At 04.30 hours on 9 April 1945, Danish born, Major Anders Lassen MC** and his ten-man SBS patrol set out on a diversionary raid on the north shore of Lake Comacchio in north-east Italy. Their tasks were to cause as …

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Man of Steel – Denis O’Flaherty

Man of Steel – Denis O’Flaherty

Lieutenant Denis O’Flaherty, Royal Artillery, of 6 Troop, No. 3 Commando is helped by his fellow commandos during the raid on Vaagso, Norway, in December 1941. During the previous hours the commandos had been engaged in fierce fighting on the …

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IAN McHARG WRITES ABOUT THE TOUGH TRAINING, DARING RAIDS, AND INDOMITABLE FIGHTING SPIRIT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR COMMANDOS AND OTHER WARTIME SPECIAL FORCES.

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