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Ian McHarg is one of the country’s leading authorities on British World War Two Commando Forces.” Dr Paul Winter, historian, and author of First In Last Out: The Post-War Organisation, Employment and Training of Royal Marines Commandos and the D-Day Documents.
Ian McHarg spent ten years in the British Armed Forces, and then six years with the UK Ministry of Defence. During his military career he was employed as a Combat Engineer, Commando, and Physical & Adventurous Training Instructor, and served in the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, the Falklands Islands, Canada and Germany.
After gaining a Master’s degree from London South Bank University he moved into the private sector in 2000 and worked extensively in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and the Middle East, where he led multi-functional teams in high reliability sectors including nuclear, chemical, pharmaceutical, and oil & gas.
Ian writes about the tough training, daring raids, and indomitable fighting spirit of the Second World War Commandos and other wartime Special Forces. His first book, Litani River: The Daring World War Two Commando Raid, Syria 1941 is the untold story of the hard-fought battle from the words of the men themselves, through official reports, personal recollections, and from a series of interviews and correspondence with surviving members of the Commando.
Ian’s writing and research have featured in numerous books and publications, including Lord Ashcroft’s Special Ops Heroes; Damien Lewis’ SAS Brothers in Arms and SAS Forged in Hell; James Owen’s Commando: Winning World War II Behind Enemy Lines; Gavin Mortimer’s David Stirling: The Phoney Major; Frank Galgay’s Joseph Kearney and The Hunt for Rommel; Britain at War Magazine, World War II Today, and Dispatches – The Journal of the Commando Association.
His writing can be accessed on a number of platforms, including Substack, where you can subscribe and support his work at Commando History by Ian McHarg
Ian lives in Abu Dhabi with his wife Donna, German Shepherd dog, Tala, and is currently working on his fourth book.
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