Bounty Books, Date: 2005-11-25. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Book is in good condition. Slight discolouration to the page edges. Unclipped dust jacket. 2005. Bounty Books ISBN 075371292X 9780753712924 [GB]

Bounty Books, Date: 2005-11-25. Hardcover. Good. Book is in good condition. Slight discolouration to the page edges. Unclipped dust jacket. 2005. Bounty Books ISBN 075371292X 9780753712924 [GB]

Hardback. Very Good. ISBN 075371292X 9780753712924 [GB]

Bounty Books, Date: 2005. New book, 280 pages, some shelf wear to jacket. "From now on, all men operating against German Troops in so-called Commando raids are to be annihilated, even if they offer themselves as prisoners" Adolf Hitler, 18 October 1942. This important edict was Hitler's furious response to British raiding parties attacking German troops and installations in the early stages of World War II. At the heart of these missions were the Commandos, Britain's first special forces, formed in June 1940 after Churchill asked his chiefs of staff to 'propose me measures for a vigorous, enterprising and ceaseless offensive for the whole of the German-occupied coastline.' Within the month, the first commandos were in training, initially with Army volunteers and later with additional companies recruited from the Royal Marines. They were the swashbuckling officers into what became some of the most daring and legendary, if at times foolhardy, exploits of the 1939-45 war. It was the commando units of the Royal Marines which carried on those traditions after the war, engaging in virtually evert military scenario involving British troops from 1945 to the present day, including Korea, Suez, the post-colonial wars, and later the Falklands, the Gulf War, Bosnia, Northern Ireland and Sierra Leone. Their training is uniquely challenging and those who pass through it are awarded the coveted Green Beret, the distinctive hallmark of the Commandos ethos.. Hard ...

UK: Bounty Books Ltd. The history of the Commandos has been a relentless military journey , one now recounted in this acclaimed series on British military activity. Bloody, fearful and controversial accounts are carefully reconstructed and dramatically recalled in the words of the men who were there. . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint Date: 2006. 2006. 2006. Bounty Books Ltd ISBN 075371292X 9780753712924 [GB]