Shane Filer, a novelist whose first book Exit was published by Biblio Publishing [24] is a more recent contributor. He has written 7 issues, including No 5133- The Home Front which featured a rare female protagonist, and was illustrated by Carlos Pino. [25] The Daily Telegraph newspaper, "The Art of Commando Comics: National Army Museum", 9 September 2011. Neil Roberts, an artist with over 20 years experience in art, illustration and game art, has illustrated the covers of over 60 issues of Commando.

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Impressed by the performance of Germany’s paratroops in the first two years of the war, Churchill called for the formation of a British equivalent. By late 1941, No 2 Commando had been retrained as parachutists.In August 2013, Prion (Carlton) Books released collections of Commandoes that each featured six stories, published in the original size. Please note, these editions feature stories already included in the earlier anthologies. Containing 10 issues: Operation Firebrand!, Half-Pint Commando, Terror Team, The Iron Sergeant, Time of Terror, The Mad Major, Spring the Trap, A Born Leader, Marked Man, Ten Tough Paratroopers.

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The Dieppe raid made it clear that seizing a port would be extremely difficult. Any future operations would require adequate air bombardment prior to landing. A need for improved amphibious capabilities was also recognised. The British therefore developed a whole range of specialist vehicles for amphibious operations.Both the Commandos and parachutists won their ferocious reputations by fighting as elite, but traditional soldiers, in North Africa, Italy and North West Europe, often in large brigade-sized formations. This was different from the role originally conceived for them in 1940.

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Het boek van Reitz is een sterk en invoelbaar verhaal door zijn eenvoud van verteltrant en gewoonheid van het leven in oorlog. Reitz heeft een open oog voor de mensen in de strijd van Boer en Rooinek, van zijn medestrijders, de paarden en muilezels, de zwarte bedienden (die hij opvallend modern beschrijft) tot de Britten die weliswaar de tegenstander zijn, maar niet een hatelijke vijand.

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Evocatively titled stories such as ‘The Fighting Few’, ‘Bright Blade of Courage’, ‘Flak Fever’ and ‘Fight or Die!’ show fearless Tommies in their finest hours, giving a good honest drubbing to fanatical foes from all the Axis countries. a b Hastings, Rob (9 August 2011). "50 years of war: Adaptable 'Commando' comic still going strong". Independent . Retrieved 27 June 2016.