On June 10, 1942, Major Georges Bergé's team landed in Crete to destroy Luftwaffe planes at Heraklion airfield. They faced a tough mission.

Ten British commandos, led by Major Hasler, leave the submarine Junon to paddle to Bordeaux and sabotage German warships.

On September 15, 1942, 12 commandos from the Special Operations Executive arrived in Northern Norway by submarine on a nearly suicidal mission.

During Italy's reconquest, the Allies faced the Winter Line and called in the First Special Service Force, elite troops trained for brutal terrain warfare.