Combined Operations : The Official Story of the Commandos [Commandoes]

2nd printing; xiii pp., 1 l., 155 p. illus. (maps) plates (1 double) 21 cm. ; LCCN: 43-51183 ; OCLC: 964330 ; blue cloth with red decorations and lettering ; pencil mark at end of foreword ; name on front ep ; foxing ; several photographs of mostly British engagements ; Contents: . To be known as commandos. -- Training for attack. -- The steel hand from the sea. -- Destruction in their wake. -- The exploits of "Layforce" -- A stroke at the brain: the raid on Rommel. -- The significant adventure of Vaagso. -- Battle over the fjords. -- An experiment in radio-dislocation. -- Assault from the sea: St. Nazaire. -- The glorious rendezvous of H.M.S. "Campbeltown" -- "The commandos got cracking" -- The storming of Diego Suarez. -- Reconnaissance in force: Dieppe. -- The battery did not fire again. -- The Canadians go in. -- The battle of the sea-wall. -- The triumph in the air. -- "This majestic enterprise" -- To the day of assault. ; G.