Brits Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South...
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The Commando System was a mostly voluntary, part-time force of the South African Army, but in their role as local militia the units were often deployed...
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Commando For Action and Adventure, formerly known as Commando War Stories in Pictures, and colloquially known as Commando Comics, is a British comic book...
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Beaufort Commando Part of Natal Command in late 1970s. Originally named Empangeni/Richards Bay Commando. The unit was renamed Insele Commando on March 2...
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Skeerpoort is a village 24 km south of Brits and 32 km northeast of Hekpoort, about 7 km southwest of the Hartebeespoort Dam, in eastern North West province...
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Stormberg Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the...
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Michael Alexander (British Army officer) (category British Army Commandos officers)
into the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry from Sandhurst. He joined the Commandos and later the Special Boat Service (SBS), a special forces unit that was...
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line. This commando was part of the South African Invasion of German South West Africa under the 1st Mounted Brigade led by Colonel Brits. A noteworthy...
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The UK–Dutch Battlegroup or UK/NL EUBG 2010 (Dutch: Brits-Nederlandse Battlegroup or Nederlands-Britse Battlegroup) is an EU Battlegroup led by the United...
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MacLean "never lost his love for the sea, his talent for portraying good Brits against bad Germans, or his penchant for high melodrama. Critics deplored...
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treaty was signed under a karee tree south of the site of the later town of Brits.[citation needed] In late 1859, the president of Transvaal, Marthinus Wessel...
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entertainment show The Marriage Ref on ITV. In September 2013, O'Leary hosted BRITs Icon: Elton John, a one-off music celebration for ITV. In 2013, O'Leary...
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which was converted to an armoured car commando in 1942. In February 1943 the SSB, under Lt Col EG ('Papa') Brits, became part of the 11th SA Armoured Brigade...
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Kimberley Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the...
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Blonsky / Abomination, a Russian-born officer in the British Royal Marines Commandos, in The Incredible Hulk. Louis Leterrier was a fan of Roth's work. Leterrier...
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Colonel Hew Pike. Artillery support came from six 105mm light guns of 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery and the 4.5-in gun of HMS Avenger, Second Battalion...
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preparation for the anniversary of Operation Blue Star, leaving him with two commandos instead of the earlier four. At the time of the incident, Moose Wala was...
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December 1942 raid on German cargo shipping by British Royal Marines Commandos, who infiltrated Bordeaux Harbour using folding kayaks. It was the first...
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the Bethal commando a lesson. Two battalions foot soldiers, four squadrons mounted troops and eight guns accompanied Kitchener. The Brits did not know...
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taken prisoner by CMDT Jorrie Jordaan (the commanding officer was Colonel Brits) on 1 December on a farm called Waterbury in the Northwest province near...
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Northern Ireland on 12 April 1975, during the Troubles. The Red Hand Commando (RHC), a loyalist paramilitary group, threw an improvised bomb into a pub...
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Gibraltar Killings. Dublin: Poolbeg. p. 94. ISBN 9781853718373. Taylor, Peter. Brits: The War against the IRA. London: Bloomsbury, 2001. p. 284. ISBN 0-7475-5007-7...
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1899–1902. The battle saw the Eastern Transvaal Boer commandos of Generals Johan Grobler, Coen Brits, Piet Viljoen and Louis Botha attack the rearguard...
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Royal Marines Commando in 2004 after passing the rigorous training required and was awarded the King's Badge. Being posted to 42 Commando, Lima Company...
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African Artillery. He served in the First Boer War in the Potchefstroom commando under General Piet Cronjé. After witnessing the siege on the British fort...
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United States in the 1980s. "Colonel Imam," as Tarar was also known, was a commando-guerrilla warfare specialist, trained Mullah Omar and other Taliban factions...
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Stars Have a Secret Weapon: Israeli Commandos" The Forward, 24 October 2007 Transcript of "Special Report With Brit Hume, Fox News Interview on air with...
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during operations as co-commander (with Col John R. Alison) of the 1st Air Commando Group. Cochran was the inspiration behind characters in the Terry and the...
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Deal. He entered the Commando Basic Training Centre as a lieutenant in 1945 and was posted to the No. 46 (Royal Marine) Commando that same year shortly...
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Palestine. Al-Husseini collaborated with the Germans in numerous sabotage and commando operations in Iraq, Transjordan, and Palestine, and repeatedly urged the...
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