torpedoes were first used against Britain in 1941 when Italian commando frogmen, some riding manned torpedoes, attacked British naval bases at Malta, Gibraltar...

The Commandos, also known as the British Commandos, were formed during the Second World War in June 1940, following a request from Winston Churchill, for...

Italian frogmen sunk the Austro-Hungarian ship Viribus Unitis. Italy started World War II with a commando frogman force already trained. Britain, Germany...

the British Commandos. In 1940, volunteers were called for from serving British Army soldiers within certain formations still in Britain and men of the...

World War II and helped to set up France's commando frogmen. France further developed the role of commando frogmen in the First Indochina War. The French...

The Russian commando frogmen (Russian: Морской спецназ, romanized: Morskoy spetsnaz), informally called "commando frogmen" in civilian media, are a Russian...

Marines. It is composed of Royal Marine Commandos and commando qualified personnel from the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force. The brigade was...

45 Commando Royal Marines (pronounced "four-five commando") is a battalion sized unit of the British Royal Marines and subordinate unit within UK Commando...

No. 4 Commando was a battalion-sized Commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War formed in 1940. Although it was intended to conduct...

Directed by Ralph Thomas, it is based on two true-life attacks by British commando frogmen, first using Chariot manned torpedoes in Operation Title in 1942...

Danish Navy Russian commando frogmen, from the Russian Navy French commando frogmen, from the French Navy British commando frogmen, from the Royal Navy...

[page needed] Soviet Naval Frogmen The legendary Soviet Naval Scout Viktor Leonov commanded an elite unit of Naval Commandos. The 4th Special Volunteer...

41 Commando or No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando was a unit of the Royal Marines trained as Commandos during the Second World War. They were part of the...

No. 62 Commando or the Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF) was a British Commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. The unit was formed...

No. 11 (Scottish) Commando was a battalion-sized commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. Formed in Scotland, members of No. 11...

Arms Commando Course. Early Commando units were all from the British Army, but by February 1942, the Royal Marines were asked to organise Commando units...

40 Commando RM is a battalion-sized formation of the British Royal Marines and subordinate unit within UK Commando Force, the principal Commando formation...

Commando No. 10 (Inter Allied) Commando No 40 Royal Marine Commando No 43 Royal Marine Commando The following Battle honours were awarded to British Commandos...

(55 lb). Advanced CFT 2 – 24 km (15 mi) carrying 30 kg (66 lb). British commando frogmen List of military special forces units TV Sir Tristram, UKSF training...

No. 12 Commando was a battalion-sized commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. Formed in 1940 in Northern Ireland, they carried...

was a commando (special operations capable) brigade of the British Army. Formed during the Second World War, it consisted of elements of the British Army...

armed forces of Britain, the Commonwealth and a small number of men from the occupied territories serving with No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando during the Second...

No. 30 Commando, from 1943 to 1946 known as 30 Assault Unit, was a British Commando unit during the Second World War, originally formed to gather intelligence...

British Chariots were used to clear mines and wrecks in harbours. For other events, see Operations of X Flottiglia MAS and British commando frogmen....

through the Danish straits. On 1 August 1958 Group 3402, as these commando frogmen were called by the navy, was set up. It consisted of men without a...

SAS commandos were indeed summarily executed by the Germans. In October 1944, in the aftermath of Operation Loyton, another 31 captured SAS commandos were...

10 (Inter-Allied) Commando was a commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War, recruited largely from non-British personnel from German-occupied...

used by Italy's Decima Flottiglia MAS, and Chariots, used by British commando frogmen. Naval Special Warfare entered the wet submersible field in the...

two ships in the harbour of Japanese-occupied Phuket, Thailand. British commando frogmen Neger "Manned Submarines: Italy's Daredevil Torpedo Riders". Telegraph...

Commando units were all from the British Army. In February 1942, the Royal Marines were asked to organize commando units of their own, and 6,000 men...