Commando Platoon

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"He who dares, wins!" "Dammit, Foley We aren't them!"

The British Commandos was formed within the British forces during WW2 and are present of course, in Flames of War. The Commandos were a unit of volunteer special service operatives who conducted raids in German-controlled Europe. Carrying out sabotage, misdirection, assassinations, and getting information and supplies to resistance cells in various occupied countries.

Flames of War

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They may look somewhat dopey and a little too happy, but these men were some of the deadliest combatants of WW2.

The defeat of coalition forces in France and the battle/evacuation of Dunkirk dealt a serious blow to English morale and fighting capability, almost losing the entirety of their armored forces, and failing to establish a foothold on mainland Europe. Almost immediately, in June of 1940 that same year, a special service was formed that would strike back at Germany. Named after the Boer Commandos that fought the British during the Second Boer War, the Commando's mission statement was to stab the Germans in the fucking groin and commit raids, sabotage, and other clandestine operations in Nazi-controlled Europe. The training was hellish, with live fire and demanding physical exams, while still demanding that every single level of the military protocol was kept, including shining shoes and clean uniforms. What this created was a 25,000 strong force of highly disciplined and trained special operations soldiers that could do the damned near impossible.