Lord Louis Mountbatten
Hit & Run: British Commandos Striking the Atlantic Wall in Norway
By Donald J. Roberts IIFollowing the forced evacuation of Allied forces at Dunkirk in June 1940, British leaders viewed a dim future. Read more
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Cockleshell Heroes: Courageous Commandos in Canoes
By Michael D. HullEarly in World War II, the British War Office and the Admiralty were shocked by daring small boat attacks, some of them suicidal, on Allied shipping in the Mediterranean Sea. Read more
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Final Battle for Burma, 1945
By William StroockBy the beginning of February 1945, the British 14th Army was on the banks of the Irrawaddy River and poised to strike into central Burma. Read more
Lord Louis Mountbatten
A Brief History of the British Commandos
The Commando role was born of the decision to mount vigorous raiding operations against occupied Europe as British forces were withdrawing from France in 1940. Read more
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Wingate’s Operation Thursday: Genius or Ineffectual?
By Jon DiamondThe interest in Brigadier Orde Wingate, founder and leader of the Commonwealth Chindits or Special Force, persists to this day, more than 75 years after his fiery death after his B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed in the hills of India. Read more
Lord Louis Mountbatten
D-Day’s Concrete Fleet: Making the Mulberry Harbors
By Michael D. HullNo Allied amphibious invasion in World War II left such a bitter legacy as Operation Jubilee, the ill-fated British-Canadian raid on the northern French port of Dieppe on Wednesday, August 19, 1942. Read more
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Leading the Way: William Orlando Darby’s Rangers in World War II
By Michael D. HullOn a June morning in 1942, a battalion of American soldiers stepped down from a train at Fort William in the northern highlands of Scotland. Read more
Lord Louis Mountbatten
The Dieppe Raid: A Tragic Dress Rehearsal
By Richard RuleBy early 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was still unable to boast a single victory in the field against Germany. Read more
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Raid on Bruneval: Stealing the Enemy’s Eyes
By Kelly BellThe parachute of aptly named Major J.D. Frost cracked open in the freezing air high above the French Channel coast at 12:45 am, and he commenced drifting down through the moonlit gloom. Read more
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Project Habakkuk’s Iceberg Aircraft Carrier
By Stephen D. LutzDuring World War II British and American aircraft carriers, serviced and ready for naval combat, averaged 20,000 to 30,000 tons. Read more
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Merrill’s Maurauders: Into Myitkyina
by Al HemingwayWhy, with the Marauders riddled with disease and fatigue, were they given the mission to attack Myitkyina? Stilwell and Merrill had to be aware that the unit was decimated. Read more
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The St. Nazaire Raid
By Flint WhitlockBritain badly needed a victory. As if to underline Britain’s difficult fortunes, on May 21, 1941, the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen dealt the island kingdom a serious blow by sinking the battlecruiser HMS Hood and severely damaging the new battleship HMS Prince of Wales during a furious engagement in the Denmark Strait. Read more
