19 Facts About British Commandos

Commandos, known as the British Commandos, were formed during the Second World War in June 1940, following a request from the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, for a force that could carry out raids against German-occupied Europe.

British Commandos were a formation of the British Armed Forces organised for special service in June 1940.

Technically these men were only on secondment to the British Commandos; they retained their own regimental cap badges and remained on the regimental roll for pay.

Some British Commandos were designated for different tasks from the start.

In February 1941 the British Commandos were reorganized in accordance with a new war establishment.

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The first was the Royal Naval British Commandos, who were established to carry out tasks associated with establishing, maintaining, and controlling beachheads during amphibious operations.

The British Commandos were provided with the motor transport needed to accompany them on operations.

The official head-dress of the Middle East British Commandos was a bush hat with their own knuckleduster cap badge.

The British Commandos were the first unit to adopt the Bergen rucksack to carry heavy loads of ammunition, explosives, and other demolition equipment.

The British Commandos were landed by submarine and succeeded in blowing up some pipelines, turbines, and tunnels.

In 1943, the Norwegian Troop of No 10, No 12, and No 14 British Commandos assisted the Royal Navy in carrying out anti–shipping raids in Norwegian coastal waters.

The British Commandos provided extra firepower for the navy Motor Torpedo Boats when they were at sea and acted as a guard force when they were at anchor in the Norwegian fjords.

In Hardtack 7 the British Commandos had returned to Sark, but had to abandon the operation and return to England when they were unable to scale the island's cliffs.

At the time that Layforce was raised, the British Commandos had the ascendency in the theatre, as they had largely defeated the Italians.

In November 1942, No 1 and No 6 British Commandos formed part of the spearhead for Allied landings in Algeria as part of Operation Torch.

In May 1943 a Special Service Brigade comprising No 2, No 3, No 40, and No 41 British Commandos was sent to the Mediterranean to take part in the Allied invasion of Sicily.

The British Commandos engaged the German forces and destroyed the dock facilities.

The British Commandos cleared the town of Ouistreham and headed for the bridges, about 10 miles away.

The plan was for the island to be attacked from two directions, with the British Commandos coming by sea and the Canadian 2nd Division and the 52nd Division attacking across the causeway.