Commando General

Author : Richard B Mead
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781473854086

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Commando General by Richard B Mead Pdf

Always marked out for high rank, Robert Laycock came into his own when selected to raise 8 Commando, a new ‘crack’ unit early in the Second World War. After training, 7, 8 and 11 Commandos were sent to the Middle East in early 1941 and all became Layforce under Laycock’s command. Layforce was disbanded after Crete fell. Laycock took part in the abortive raid on Rommel’s HQ. As commander of the Special Service Brigade Laycock played an important role in the Sicily landings and at Salerno. In October 1943 he succeeded Mountbatten as Chief of Combined Operations, coordinating combined services operations and training and attending Allied conferences. In later life Laycock became Governor of Malta and Colonel of the SAS. In this long overdue biography, the author reveals the detail of this fine soldier’s character and superb military record.

Author : Richard B Mead
Publisher :
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781473854109

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Commando General by Richard B Mead Pdf

Always marked out for high rank, Robert Laycock came into his own when selected to raise 8 Commando, a new ‘crack’ unit early in the Second World War. After training, 7, 8 and 11 Commandos were sent to the Middle East in early 1941 and all became Layforce under Laycock’s command. Layforce was disbanded after Crete fell. Laycock took part in the abortive raid on Rommel’s HQ. As commander of the Special Service Brigade Laycock played an important role in the Sicily landings and at Salerno. In October 1943 he succeeded Mountbatten as Chief of Combined Operations, coordinating combined services operations and training and attending Allied conferences. In later life Laycock became Governor of Malta and Colonel of the SAS. In this long overdue biography, the author reveals the detail of this fine soldier’s character and superb military record.

Author : Kenneth Macksey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782004011

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Commando by Kenneth Macksey Pdf

Commando', the history Commandos and small-scale raids during World War II, is a gripping narrative, tracing the actions of the fearless men who served as Allied commandos for the Combined Operations department during the war. Kenneth Macksey offers the details of St Nazaire, Bruneval, Dieppe as well as the key players, such as Stirling, Lovat and Carlson. Macksey skilfully provides a study of the lesser-known figures, such as Edson, Appleyard and Pickney, bringing to life their courage and determination while celebrating the sailors who enabled the raiders to reach their destinations.

Author : Stephen Bull
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783378449

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Commando Tactics by Stephen Bull Pdf

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 Bulls vivid account will be essential reading for anyone who is interested in commando fighting techniques and the early history of special forces.

Author : John Durnford-Slater
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781784384050

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Commando by John Durnford-Slater Pdf

Exciting World War II action The exploits of Britain's wartime commandos Covers fighting in Norway, Italy, France and Germany John Durnford-Slater raised and trained the first Commando unit in 1940, became an outstanding leader of special operations and witnessed some of the most daring exploits of World War II. Commando is his remarkable story. 3 Commando sprang into being in 1940 in order to harry Axis forces in pinprick raids that were impossible for regular army units. In the summer of 1940 John Durnford-Slater led the men of 3 Commando in an exploratory operation on Guernsey. A raid on the Loften Islands, off Norway, followed in 1941 and, between 26 and 28 December 1941, the commandos launched their raid against Vaagso. 3 Commando took part in the raid on Dieppe and this was followed by operations in Sicily and Italy, France and, ultimately, Germany itself. The destruction wrought by the commandos was such that Hitler ordered all personnel captured in such raids executed. The commandos' spirit, however, remained undaunted and this is reflected in John Durnford-Slater's exciting and forthright memoirs. Now placed in context by David List's details of 3 Commando's operations, and David Buxton's notes on casualties and awards, this stirring book, long heralded as a classic, now makes its first appearance as a paperback. John Durnford-Slater was appointed 'to raise and command' 3 Commando in 1940. He was later responsible as Deputy Commander of the Special Service Group for all Commando companies taking part in the invasion of France.

Author : Ian Dear
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848844001

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Ten Commando by Ian Dear Pdf

It is indeed remarkable, since the archives of the Second World War must have been pillaged, ransacked, burrowed into, and turned over almost as thoroughly as Monte Cassino itself, that no book has been written about one of the strangest units created during that or any other conflict. The unit was called Ten Commando - and the shroud of secrecy that enveloped it at the time has scarcely been un-wrapped by the passge of the years. Ten Commando was composed entirely of men who came from Germany and from Nazi-occupied countries such as Holland, Poland, and France. Secrecy was vital, for if an Axis agent infiltrated into Ten Commando he could do untold harm. If a member of Ten Commando were capture and his unit identified, the rules of the Geneva Convention were unlikely to worry the captors. This overwhelming need for absolute secrecy was so well instilled in the men of Ten Commando that, until now, little was known about their daring exploits behind enemy lines, including coordination of resistance fighters and sabotage. The result of Ian Dear’s painstaking research is a remarkable book indeed and a worthy tribute to an incredibly brave group of cladestine soldiers who belong near the top of the WWII Roll of Honor.

Author : AUSTRIA. Army
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017598397

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Organische-Bestimmungen für das Heerwesen. Administration of the Austrian Army. Translated by Lieut. Wickham. Eng by AUSTRIA. Army Pdf

Author : R. D. Van Wagner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UCAL:B4241608

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1st Air Commando Group by R. D. Van Wagner Pdf

Author : Jake Olafsen
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart Limited
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780771068577

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Wearing the Green Beret by Jake Olafsen Pdf

With the authenticity of Jarhead and Bravo Two Zero and the straight-up narrative of Contact Charlie, this military memoir describes what really goes on in the training of an elite soldier and his tours in Afghanistan. In 2004, Jake Olafsen signed up for the Royal Marines Commandos. He left everything behind at home in Canada on the basis of a spur-of-the-moment decision. The Royal Marines have the toughest and longest basic training of any infantry unit in the world. For Olafson, this meant eight months of wet and cold in England and Wales. It was hell, but he came out with the four Commando qualities that the corps look for: courage, determination, unselfishness, cheerfulness in the face of adversity. Olafsen went on to serve for four years as a Commando in the Royal Marines, an elite military unit based in the United Kingdom. He went to Afghanistan twice: in 2006, he went to confront the Taliban in Helmand Province for six months, and in 2007, he was sent to do it all over again. His story is filled with good experiences, like the sense of accomplishment, patriotism, and camaraderie, and the opportunity to travel the world. But all good things come at a price. The sacrifices he made for the Corps are significant; he has killed the enemy and he has buried his friends. And in telling his story, Olafsen hopes that he can make sense of it all. This is an honest, gutsy story about the mud and the blood, the triumphs and the tragedies. From the Hardcover edition.

Author : Great Britain. Foreign Office,Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1438 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015035801011

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British and Foreign State Papers by Great Britain. Foreign Office,Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office Pdf

Author : Warren A. Trest
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781588344229

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Air Commando One by Warren A. Trest Pdf

Air-dropping agents deep behind enemy lines in clandestine night missions during the Korean War, commanding secret flights into Tibet in 1960 to support the anticommunist guerilla uprising, participating in plans for the 1962 Bay of Pigs invasion—even before the escalation of the Vietnam War, Brigadier General Harry C. “Heinie” Aderholt worked at the heart of both the U.S. Air Force and CIA special operations worldwide. In 1964 he became commander of the famed First Air Commando Wing, fighting to build up special operations capabilities among the American and South Vietnamese airmen. In 1966 and 1967 he and his men set the record for interdicting the flow of enemy trucks over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos and North Vietnam. Drawing on official records, personal papers, and interviews with Aderholt and many who worked with him, Air Force historian Warren A. Trest details the life and career of this charismatic, unconventional military leader who has become a legend of the Cold War Air Force. He tells how Aderholt’s vigorous support of low-flying, propeller-driven aircraft and nonnuclear munitions pitted him against his superiors, who were steeped in doctrines of massive retaliation and “higher and faster” tactical air power. In the mid-1960s Aderholt’s clash with Seventh Air Force Commander General William W. Momyer reflected a schism that still exists between the traditional Air Force and its unconventional special operations wings. The book also integrates U.S. Air Force and CIA accounts of some of the most pivotal events of the past fifty years.

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
ISBN : MINN:31951D004696385

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Pearl Harbor Attack by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Infantry
ISBN : IND:30000098855822

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Infantry by Anonim Pdf

Author : Alison Michelli
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844156511

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Commando to Captain-Generall by Alison Michelli Pdf

This is the story of Brigadier Peter Young (1915-1988), a highly decorated soldier who was one of the founding members of 3 Commando, rising during WWII from 2 Lt to Brigadier in the space of 6 years. His battle honours include Vaagso, Dieppe, Sicily, Italy, Normandy and Burma. A career soldier, he returned to his parent regiment, the Beds and Herts, after the war and subsequently spent time in Palestine where he commanded the 9th Regiment of the Arab Legion under Glubb Pasha. After Suez he returned to England, retiring from the Army in 1959. He founded the War Studies Department at RMA Sandhurst during the 60s, intending to create there a intellectual centre along the lines of a university faculty for the study of military history and to that end gathered around him some of the finest military historians of the day including Richard Holmes, David Chandler and John Adair amongst others. He was instrumental in the forming of The Sealed Knot and is reverred in re-enactment circles. To publicise a book he had written about the English Civil War he organised a publicity stunt which evolved rapidly into the first re-enactment society: The Sealed Knot. An avid war-gamer, his name is legendary in war-gaming circles. 'The Brig' is still a well-known personality even among those too young ever to have met him.

Author : Herbert Wrigley Wilson,Sir John Alexander Hammerton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : SRLF:E0000006387

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The Great War by Herbert Wrigley Wilson,Sir John Alexander Hammerton Pdf