Word: commando
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Under the command of cloak-&-dagger Commando Fitzroy (Escape to Adventure) Maclean (TIME...
Escape to Adventure, by Fitzroy Mac lean. A World War II brigadier and Tory M.P. describes his prewar prowling in Russia, his commando adventures in the North African desert and his guerrilla life with Tito in one of the best personal-adventure books in a long while (TIME...
Escape to Adventure, by Fitzroy Maclean. A World War II brigadier and Tory M.P. describes his prewar prowling in Russia, his commando escapades in the North African desert and his guerrilla life with Tito in one of the best personal-adventure books of World War II (TIME...
Escape to Adventure, by Fitzroy Maclean. A brigadier and Tory M.P. describes his prewar prowling in Russia, his commando escapades in the North African desert and his guerrilla life with Tito in one of the best personal-adventure books of World War II (TIME...
During the war, Westerling fought with the Australian troops in North Africa, later organized a Dutch commando force in the East Indies. He was kicked out of the Dutch army in 1948, began to recruit his own private army to fight against the new Indonesian Republic. His 10,000 troops, mostly Moslem extremists and deserters from the Dutch army, call themselves "The Heavenly Host." Recently, Westerling sent 600 of his men on a raid of West Java's Bandung (TIME, Feb. 6); he boasted that he would conquer all of Indonesia. But last week, Westerling's military future...