A commando is a combatant, or operative of an elite light infantry or special operations force, specially trained for carrying out raids and operating in small teams behind enemy lines.
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Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War
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For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, whi...
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Cape Mounted Burghers assembling in Caledon Square Cape Town - May 1846 - Charles Bell.
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First Turkish Paratroopers into the rocks in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus. (20.07.1974, Peace Operation).jpg
Two Turkish paratrooper commandos landing on the rocks off the coast of Kyrenia during the Cyprus Op...
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IWM caption : OPERATION OVERLORD (THE NORMANDY LANDINGS): D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944. The British 2nd Army: C...
No. 3 Commando men after Dieppe raid.jpg
No. 3 Commando returning to Newhaven after Dieppe raid, August 1942. IWM # H 22588
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Royal Marines from 40 Commando on patrol in the Sangin area of Afghanistan are pictured (left) with ...
Servicemen of the Turkish Special Forces Command, led by the Captain Harun Ergin 3.jpg
Servicemen of the Turkish Special Forces Command at the 2020 Victory Parade in Baku
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The Commando Memorial at night.