Commando Missions

June 10th, 1942. In the north of Crete, six commandos land in a cove in the middle of the night.

Off the coast of France, ten British commandos board five canoes in the middle of the ocean. Their objective: to paddle to the Gironde estuary, then up the river to Bordeaux to sabotage German ships.

On September 15th, 1942, 12 commandos reached Northern Norway. Their mission: to sabotage a hydroelectric plant crucial to the German war industry.

In the midst of the reconquest of Italy, the Allies came up against the Winter LineÑan impregnable line of defense built on the crests of a mountain range.