Beachhead Assault (eBook)

The Combat History of the Royal Naval Commandos in World War II

David Lee (Autor)

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2017
256 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-1778-7 (ISBN)

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First hand accounts by some of the bravest men to ever go to war.

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The Royal Naval Commandos had one of the most dangerous and the most important tasks of any in World War II - they were first on to the invasion beaches and they were the last to leave. Formed in 1941 as the Royal Naval Beach Parties, many lost their lives in the Dieppe raid. After Dieppe they became fully fledged fighting commandos with their legendary Fairbairn Sykes commando knives, organized into units from a commando through to the all Canadian W Commando. Under their officers who were designated as Beachmasters, the Royal Naval Commandos led the way in on the beaches as part of the allied landings in Madagascar, Dieppe, North Africa, Pantelleria, Sicily, Salerno, the Volturno River, Anzio, Arakan, D-Day, Elba, Walcheren and Commachio. Their work on the beaches was crucial to the success of the allied invasions. After the war the Royal Naval Commandos were disbanded and forgotten and their wartime role was given to the Royal Marines.The personal accounts of Royal Naval Commandos contained in this book tell the story of a remarkable but little-known group of men, ensuring that their legacy will not be forgotten.

Autor

David Lee is also the author of Up Close And Personal: The Reality of Close-Quarter Fighting in World War II.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.7.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 16 B&W photos, maps
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1941 • Aircraft • allied • Anzio • ARAKAN • aviator • Axis • Beaches • books on aircraft • books on anzio • books on aviators • books on axes • books on beaches • books on brazil • books on burma • books on close-combats • books on close-quarters • books on commandos • books on elba • books on fairbairn • books on landings • books on mcfarland • books on narratives • books on naval combats • books on navies • books on paradis • books on personnel • books on policies • books on politicos • books on salerno • books on submarines • books on troops • books on units • books on veterans • books on waffens books on sykes • Brazil • Burma • close-combat • close-quarter • codebreaking • Commandos • demonstrate • demonstrating • dieppe raid • disbanded • Elba • en-masse • Fairbairn • fledged • jam-packed • Kohima • landings • legendary • matter-of-factly • mcfarland • Narratives • naval combat • naval tactics • Navy • North Africa • paradis • Personnel • Policy • politicos • Salerno • submarines • sub-standard • Sykes • Totenkopf • troops • Units • veterans • Vital • Waffen • WW11
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-1778-1 / 1510717781
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-1778-7 / 9781510717787