The heroics of an SAS commando who achieved the 'impossible' escape from the Gestapo after blowing up a German train can be revealed 81 years on. Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant John Alcock ...

A plaque has been unveiled on the 80th anniversary of a commando raid in Sark. Operation Basalt involved a landing in the Channel Island, which was occupied by German forces for five years during ...

The commandos struck German bases along the Mediterranean coast, taking out more than 325 aircraft, and dozens of key fuel and munition dumps. In one celebrated mission in July 1942, Mr. Sadler ...

At the start of World War II, Nazi Germany had a long lead ... commandos in the nearby wilderness to assess German defenses and guide the commando team to the plant during the next phase of ...