Operation "Iota One"

Briefing: H-Hour is 0715. At that time, on the extreme left flank of the British landings, the troops of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and the Queen's Own Fife and Forfar Yeomanry will come ashore on a narrow strip of beach. …

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Briefing: H-Hour is 0715. At that time, on the extreme left flank of the British landings, the troops of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and the Queen's Own Fife and Forfar Yeomanry will come ashore on a narrow strip of beach. Just to the north of this planned beachhead lies a series of hills, near the water, which dominate this stretch of the coast. Somewhere in these hills a German battery of 149mm artillery has recently been moved into position. These guns could totally disrupt the waves of LCAs and LCVPs, pin the British infantry at the water's edge, and halt the exploitation inland. While the actual landing site is held only by a Wehrmacht penal battalion, the support of this single strategically-placed battery could stiffen their Resistance and check our seaborne attack, bringing chaos to the entire Allied invasion. Therefore, at H-2. elements of your commando will land at the foot of these hills, locate and put the enemy battery out of commission, and then withdraw to link with the advancing British infantry ashore. The crews of your assault boats are meanwhile to withdraw their craft southward along the coastline to offer all protection possible to the landing craft. Obviously, it is unnecessary to stress the importance of this mission; quite simply, you must succeed.

Descanneville, France

The Commandos formed during the Second World War, following an order from the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in June 1940 for a force that could carry out raids against German occupied Europe. Churchill stated in a minute to General Ismay on 6 June 1940: "Enterprises must be prepared, with specially-trained troops of the hunter class, who can develop a reign of terror down these coasts, first of all on the "butcher and bolt" policy..." Commandos were all volunteers for special service and originally came from the British Army but volunteers would eventually come from all branches of the United Kingdom's armed forces and foreign volunteers from countries occupied by the Germans. These volunteers formed over 30 individual units and four assault brigades. The commandos would serve in all the theatres of war from the Arctic Circle, to Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific. Their operations ranged from small groups of men landing from the sea or by parachute to a brigade of assault troops spearheading the Allied invasions of Europe and Asia.

Wikipedia: British Commando operations during the Second World War

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