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Commando

Winning World War II Behind Enemy Lines

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Commando

By: James Owen
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
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June 1940: As Britain's soldiers limped home from Dunkirk, a maverick Army officer was already devising a bold plan to hit back at the enemy. His idea was to revolutionise military thinking and change the face of warfare for ever.

Relying as much on stealth and guile as on courage and stamina, the Commandos brought to the battlefield the skills of the guerrilla. Trained by an unconventional band of experts, and led by a big-game hunter, a film star, a Highland chief and an eccentric wielding a bow and arrow, they became the spearhead of the Allied drive for victory.

Weaving together official documents, new research and veterans' own accounts, Commando reveals for the first time the exhilarating full story of WWII's most formidable fighting force.©2012 James Owen Armed Forces Europe Great Britain Military Special & Elite Forces World War England Veteran
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Narrated nicely and easy to listen to. Nice to hear some personal accounts from solidierst along with official history.

Nice anthology of stories

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a great listen into the ups and downs of the genesis of the Commando's from wars start through D-day and on to the battle in the East.

Gripping!!!

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An amazing story of truly amazing men...told in a very objective way. The narration is excellent...you can imagine Andrew is a young commando officer himself, delivering a post op debrief...

And it’s a important tale to tell

Well done all...

Absolutely brilliant narrative history

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What a Story of Men cut from a different cloth. The Commando Spirit and all they stood for. Men of such courage and fortitude. Highly Recommend one of the Best Books Ever on WW2 and these Men.

Men Of Steel

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A very full and interesting account about the commandos and its inception and the earlier raiding teams that come before. Some of the stories such as the SIG raids in North Africa I read about in Ghost Patrol by Damian Lewis. A very good book and although I liked the narrators natural reading voice I was not a fan of the constant changes of accent when attempting to impersonate a scouse manc or cockney soldier. Not necessary and sometimes the comical sounding accents detracted from what was being said. That said I would still recommend it.

Very informative. Accents could do with some work

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