#british commandos

Débarquement des commandos du quartier général de la 4th Special Service Brigade à Juno Beach – Secteur Nan Red – Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer – Calvados – Normandie - France – 9 h 00 – Opération Neptune – Opération Overlord – 6 juin 1944

Photographe : Lieutenant Handford - No. 5 Army Film and Photo Section, Army Film and Photographic Unit

https://pastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/news-for-april-23-1942.mp3 News for this April 23rd in 1942 was truly about a World consumed by war. From Russia came word that one of the B-25 bombers involved in the raid over Tokyo had been force-landed near Siberia and was being held by the Soviets (Russia hadn’t declared war on Japan yet, so . . .). News of near-hysteria on the East Coast of…

Introduction The Commando Order (German: Kommandobefehl) was issued by the OKW, the high command of the German armed forces, on 18 October 1942 (refer to World War II). This order stated that all Allied commandos captured in Europe and Africa should be summarily executed without trial, even if in proper uniforms or if they attempted to surrender. Any commando or small group of commandos or a…

Who was Anders Lassen?

Introduction Anders Frederik Emil Victor Schau Lassen, VC, MC & Two Bars (22 September 1920 to 09 April 1945) was a highly decorated Danish soldier, who was the only non-Commonwealth recipient of the British Victoria Cross in the Second World War. He was posthumously awarded the United Kingdom’s highest gallantry award for his actions during Operation Roast on 08 April 1945 at Lake Comacchio in…

Leadership & the Power to Inspire…

“For a soldier, leadership is that power to inspire soldiers in battle, or unforeseen crisis, where others fail; the quality possessed by the individual, of whatever rank, whose courage lifts lesser men with the certainty that all will go well as long as he is there.”

Lord Lovat (1911 to 1995)

Brigadier Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat and 4th Baron Lovat, DSO, MC, TD, JP,…

What is the External Responsiveness & Intrasession Reliability of the Rope-Climbing Test?

Research Paper Title

External Responsiveness and Intrasession Reliability of the Rope-Climbing Test.

Background

Although the rope-climbing test (RCT) has been validated for upper-body power assessment of Commando soldiers, the external responsiveness and intrasession reliability of the RCT have not been reported.

Methods

To examine RCT external responsiveness and intrasession…

Royal Marines Values & Standards

Royal Marines Collective Group Values

Excellence.

Integrity.

Self-discipline.

Humility.

Courage.

Determination.

Unselfishness.

Cheerfulness.

Individual Commando Spirit

The four elements of Commando Spirit; Courage, Determination, Unselfishness, and Cheerfulness in the face of adversity, are well-known to all recruits by the time they complete Commando training. It is these constituents of the…