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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.
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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