COMMANDO RAIDS: NORWAY TO ST NAZAIRE

3 MARCH 1941− 27 MARCH 1942 17 NOVEMBER 1941 Abortive Commando raid on Rommel’s headquarters in North Africa. 1 FEBRUARY 1942 Vidkun Quisling appointed Minister President in Norway. 14 APRIL 1942 Pierre Laval becomes premier in Vichy France. 18 APRIL 1942 Doolittle air raid on Tokyo and other Japanese cities. 4 OCTOBER 1942 Commandos raid the Channel Island of Sark. 11−12 DECEMBER 1942 Commando raid against Axis shipping in the Gironde river in western France. In the summer of 1940, Churchill ordered the creation of a number of small units for raiding the enemy coast in Europe. The initial 11 battalion-size groups were known as Commandos; each comprised 500 men who were highly trained for the dangerous task of breaching the German-held coastline and inflicting local damage or securing vital…

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