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The Combined Operations Command made a huge contribution to
the successful outcome of the Second World War by planning, equipping and training for offensive
amphibious operations after the evacuation at Dunkirk in June 1940. In
the ensuing years there were countless raids and landings from
northern Norway to Madagascar, and in the Far East, of which the D-Day invasion on
the beaches of Normandy in June 1944 was the most notable.
The Command drew on the best practices and
expertise the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force had to
offer to create a unified force. Many of their top planners and
experts formed the nucleus around which the Command was formed and, as
the requirements of offensive operations took on an international
dimension, the service personnel of many Allied countries proudly wore
the Combined Operations badge.
Daring Commando raids to major amphibious
landings. Mulberry Harbours to an unsinkable "Ice Ship" in the Rocky
mountains. The index (above right) has brief descriptions of over l00
pages about this amazing and ubiquitous WWII organisation.
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