“Nancy Wake is the most feminine woman I’ve ever known, at least until the fighting starts. Then, she is like five men.”
—Capt. Henri Tardivat, French Resistance fighter
Capt. Nancy …
On July 16, the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command (ANASOC) stood up the first division-sized special forces unit in Afghan military history. The ceremony, which went largely unnoticed in …
While by convention most operations involving special operations forces (SOF) are conducted under a veil of secrecy, 2011 saw a series of engagements that inevitably attracted considerable attention.
Some were …
“We want you home here at once for something which you will find of the highest interest.”
—Telegram from Prime Minister Winston Churchill
to Capt. Lord Louis Mountbatten Oct. 10, …
“The SAS War Diary is a unique account of extraordinary men, warriors, who dared all to win all.
Unlike any other account, and because it is written by the men …
“From where I sit, [Hoover] would be more suited to Hitler’s team than ours. And to all intents and purposes that’s where he is.”
– Dusko Popov to British agent …
“The boy Stirling is mad. Quite, quite mad. However in war there is often a place for mad people.”
—Lt. Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery, Commander, Eighth Army
The SAS – …
In an era when there has been unprecedented pressure on special operations forces (SOF), with more SOF deployed in a wider range of theaters and taking a greater number of …
Allied special operations forces (SOFs), principally American and British, are now experiencing their longest continuous commitment since the creation of the SOF concept during World War II. Some have been …
There is now universal recognition that the kind of asymmetric warfare conducted in Afghanistan since 2001, and then with rather greater success in Iraq, remains the only viable counterinsurgency strategy, …
