Introduction | p. 4 |
Combat mission | p. 6 |
Organization | p. 9 |
Formation and early organization | |
The formation of the Special Service Brigade | |
The 1941 reorganization and the expansion of the SSB | |
The Commandos in the Middle East | |
The growth of the SSB: Royal Marine, Inter-Allied, and other new Commandos | |
The April 1943 expansion of and changes to the SSB | |
Doctrine and training | p. 33 |
Achnacarry - the Commando Depot | |
Training from late 1943 to the end of the war | |
Tactics | p. 42 |
Commando uniform, equipment and weapons | p. 45 |
Command, control, communications and intelligence | p. 48 |
Combat operations | p. 53 |
Operation Ambassador: Guernsey, July 1940 | |
Operation Claymore: the 1941 raid on the Lofoten Islands | |
Operations Anklet and Archery: the 1941 raid on Vaagso | |
'The greatest raid of all': Operation | |
Chariot - No. 2 Commando at St Nazaire, 1942 | |
Operation Infatuate: the 1944 assault on Walcheren | |
The battle for Hill 170: 3rd Commando Brigade in Arakan, February 1945 | |
Lessons learned | p. 83 |
Chronology | p. 86 |
Select bibliography | p. 88 |
Abbreviations | p. 89 |
Endnotes | p. 90 |
Appendices | p. 91 |
Outline history of Commando units, 1940-45 | |
Commando battle honours | |
Index | p. 95 |
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