Text extracted from opening pages of book: COMBINED OPERATIONS The
Official Story of the COMMANDOS WITH A FOREWORD BY Vice-Admiral
Lord Louis Mountbatten Chief of Combined Operations 1943 NEW YORK
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Copyright, 1943, By The Controller of His
Britannic Majesty's Stationery Office AIX RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED
AND BOUND IN THE U. S. A. BY KINGSPORT PRESS, INC., KINGSPORT,
TENN. FOREWORD London, April n ( by Cable) This record contains
some account of combined operations in general, and of the exploits
of the Command which bears that name. The term Combined Operations
is vague and does not convey more than a general meaning; but their
scope is definite and precise. A com bined operation is a landing
operation in which, owing to actual or expected opposition, it is
essential that the fighting services take part together, in order
to strike the enemy with the maximum effect, at the chosen point
and at the chosen moment. To help the services to do this a
Combined Operations Command was formed, whose primary function is
to train officers and men of the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines,
the Army and the Royal Air Force in the conduct of amphibious war
fare. It is also the task of this Command to plan and execute all
kinds oi raids, small or large. Amphibious operations are a complex
form of warfare. On the ma terial side they entail technical study,
the production of new machines of war, special types of assault
craft, both large and small, and the use of these and other new
devices. On the human side they demand the creation of
sailor-soldiers, soldier-sailors, and airmen-soldiers, who musi
cooperate with imaginative understanding of each other's methods
and problems. TheCombined Operations Command is concerned with both
of these aspects and with many others. The Command has its own
forces, of which the Commandos and landing-craft crews form a part.
But many other units pass through it! combined training centres:
not only British and Dominion, but also United States troops and
those of our other allies the Fighting French Norwegians, Czechs,
Poles, Dutch, and Belgians. United States Naval Marine, Army, and
Air Corps officers form part of the Combined Oper ations
headquarters, and United States Rangers operate side by side wit!
British Commandos. . We cannot win this war by bombing and blockade
alone: it can b
General
Imprint: |
Read Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2007 |
First published: |
March 2007 |
Authors: |
Louis Mountbatten
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
200 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4067-5957-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
1-4067-5957-0 |
Barcode: |
9781406759570 |
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