
Commando
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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.
Commando is a gripping narrative, tracing the actions of the fearless men who served as Allied commandos for the Combined Operations department during the war.
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Introduction
Maps
Chapter 1: Beside the Seaside
Chapter 2: First Strike
Chapter 3: 'Fourth Arm' or Ministry of Defence
Chapter 4: Men, Weapons and Craft
Chapter 5: From Tomato to Dudley - the Winter of Frustration
Chapter 6: The Shadow of Abolition
Chapter 7: New Directive, Change of Direction
Chapter 8: Trend Setters
Chapter 9: Wasting Assets
Chapter 10: 'Second Front Now'
Chapter 11: The New Team
Chapter 12: Raids Sour - With a Pinch of Sweetness
Chapter 13: Biting
Chapter 14: Masterpiece and Mishap
Chapter 15: The American Contention
Chapter 16: Canoeists, Raiders, Rangers and Marines
Chapter 17: Frustration
Chapter 18: Muddle at Makin
Chapter 19: Dieppe - the Essential Experiment
Chapter 20: Small Raiding Intensified
Chapter 21: Mediterranean Turning Point
Chapter 22: By Horsa and Cockle
Chapter 23: Setting a New Course
Chapter 24: The Hornet's Nest
Chapter 25: Flow and Ebb in the Pacific
Chapter 26: Overtures to Invasion
Chapter 27: Mediterranean Raiders' Paradise
Chapter 28: Hit and Miss in the Far East
Chapter 29: Beginning Without End
Bibliography
Notes
Extract from Allies at Dieppe
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