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Encyclopedia of Elite Forces in World War II: The Complete Guide to Paratroop, Commando, Ranger, SS, Marine and Other Elite Units (SAS and Elite Forces Guide)
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Admiral King “listened with utmost enthusiasm,” wrote Captain James Doyle, Turner’s operations officer, when describing the UDT efforts at Flintlock. “Excellent,” King interrupted in the middle of Doyle’s briefing, “that business of the hydrographic survey at the first possible moment is a pet hobby of mine.” For Turner, however, a unit capable of
... See moreBenjamin H. Milligan • By Water Beneath the Walls
While still nursing their wounds they were given lessons in field-craft by David Stirling (who went on to found the SAS) and Lord Lovat (who was to become captain of the Lovat Scouts).
Giles Milton • Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
And that was enough. In early 1954, only five months after Unit 101 had been established, Dayan merged it with the Paratroopers Brigade, with Sharon as one of the battalion commanders. Dayan believed that Unit 101 had become a model—of training and discipline, of dedication and skill—that Sharon could replicate with the paratroops and then in the e
... See moreRonen Bergman • Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
Royal Naval Division (RND), a new infantry force under the control of the Admiralty rather than the Army.
Andrew Roberts • Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Fox Conner had long-recognized the importance of Allied “unity of action.”
Steven Rabalais • General Fox Conner: Pershing's Chief of Operations and Eisenhower's Mentor (The Generals Book 3)
Before he set off to Hyderabad, Shore had briefed William Kirkpatrick to stick to the existing Triple Alliance, signed four years earlier in 1790, which bound the Marathas,
William Dalrymple • White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India
