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A captured Sherman used by the Germans, but denied to Panzer Brigade 150, abandoned round the back of the Hotel des Ardennes. German efforts to create a unit equipped with Allied armour failed miserably. Knocked out Panther pretending to be an American tank destroyer. Up close this deception fooled no one. Otto Skorzeny complained they would only ‘deceive very young…
Soviet intelligence agent Nikolai Kuznetzov in Wehrmacht uniform. While undercover posing as a Wehrmacht officer, Kuznetzov learned about Operation Long Jump. The first attempt to land German troops in Iran was unsuccessful. On 15 July 1941 in strict secrecy three Ju 52s took off from one of the islands in…
With Winston Churchill’s direction, a plan was put together to carry out a raid against German positions on the island of Vaagso. It would not be the first time that commandos had visited Norway. A raid had already taken place earlier in the year much further to the north, called…
USASOC’s shoulder sleeve insignia worn by Delta operators, depicting the historical Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife inside the outline of an arrowhead. No proof ever emerged that American POWs were being held in Laos or anywhere else in Indochina, but one American soldier who did become a prisoner during this period was…
The peaceful resolution of the hostage drama gave Scholtes and JSOC time to draw breath and consider their role in the Reagan-era national security structure. A February 1981 memo from Caspar Weinberger, the new administration’s defense secretary, directing each service to “maintain and continue to develop its own capabilities,” not…
27/28 February 1942 Today the Parachute Regiment forms an elite and vital airborne element of the British Army. Trained to conduct a range of missions and ready to form the spearhead for rapid intervention, it is light by design as its operations are usually based on speed. The paras formed…
Laksevaag bunker depot, looking north-west, July 1943. Among the locations in which Welman submersibles were tested was the Queen Mary reservoir at Staines, Surrey. The plan to sabotage the dock at Bergen, 1943 At the end of November 1943, an audacious raid was made against the German-occupied port of Bergen.…
Artist Christophe Camilotte Long Range Desert Group Motto: Non vi sed arte – Not by…
Above is one of the rare pictures of this operation. Von Der Heydte is on…
A force of 62 Brandenburgers under the command of Baron Adrian von Fölkersam penetrated far…
Members of L Detachment board a Bristol Bombay transport aircraft prior to a practice jump…
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