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Wikipedia: The British Commandos were formed during the Second World War in June 1940, following a request from the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, for a force that could carry out raids against German occupied Europe. Initially drawn from within the British Army from soldiers who volunteered for special service, the Commandos' ranks would eventually be filled by members of all branches of the United Kingdom's armed forces and a number of foreign volunteers from German-occupied countries. Reaching a wartime strength of over 30 individual units and four assault brigades, the Commandos served in all theatres of war from the Arctic circle to Europe and from the Middle East to South-East Asia.
![[3rd Commando Brigade coming ashore from landing craft during the Burma Campaign]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/V15_British_Commandos_from_3rd_Commando_Brig3rd_Commando_Brigade_coming_ashore_in_the_the_Third_Arakan_campaign__s.jpg "3rd Commando Brigade coming ashore from landing craft during the Burma Campaign")
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![[3rd Commando Brigade coming ashore from landing craft during the Burma Campaign]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/3rd_Commando_Brigade_coming_ashore_in_the_the_Third_Arakan_campaign__s.jpg "3rd Commando Brigade coming ashore from landing craft during the Burma Campaign")
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![[Men from No]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Men_of_No_51_Middle_East_Commando_s.jpg "Men from No")
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![[Commandos marching past a collapsed Goatley boat, which was used in smaller raids to transfer from motor boats to...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Commando_goatley_boat_s.jpg "Commandos marching past a collapsed Goatley boat, which was used in smaller raids to transfer from motor boats to...")
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from Jim_Sweeney |
![[Men from No]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/No_9_Commando_after_night_raid_30_December_1943_s.jpg "Men from No")
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![[Stone statue of three Second World War Commandos in the Scottish Highlands]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/The_Commando_Memorial_287_29_s.jpg "Stone statue of three Second World War Commandos in the Scottish Highlands")
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