“This operation proves that… a small specially trained force can achieve results out of all proportion to its numbers” – Sergeant Major Harry Vickers on Operation Wallace Among the most effective military innovations of the 20th century was Special Forces tactics – small-scale, covert, yet incredibly effective methods to disrupt the enemy.
Suddenly, the difference between total victory or utter disaster in the field could be determined by the instincts, training, professionalism, and bravery of a few specialised units.
This issue we present two incredible Special Forces accounts: Britain’s guerrilla campaigning in Occupied France, 1944, and the USA’s clandestine ‘Det A’ outfit, operating on the razor’s edge of Cold War Berlin.
Though by necessity these missions remained secret for decades, their importance, and the stories of the men who fought,…
