Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Burma Period/ Conflict: Second Anglo-Burmese War Year: 1852 Date/s: 10th April 1852 During the Second Anglo-Burm...

'I assess the most important factor in the success of the operation was first class leadership by junior NCOs. Their section battle craft was a joy to watch ...

The Dieppe Raid, Operation Jubilee, was an Allied attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe during the Second World War. The raid took place on the northe...

On July 24, the allied fleet arrived outside Gibraltar. In all, Rooke commanded 16 English ships under Byng and six Dutch ships under Rear Admiral Paulus van...

The Marines played a major role in the capture of this island, from the first amphibious landing, and through all subsequent fighting. The Capture of Belle Î...

Lessons Learned (Operation Husky) The beach organisation was better than 'Torch' but there were still problems caused, mainly by human error. One example was...

Major-General 'Titch' Houghton, who died January 1911 aged 98, was second-in-command of Royal Marine 40 Commando during the Second World War; captured in the...

Image F4 conducting a work up excercise in English Bay Ascension Island With the British Army’s 5 Brigade separated from their vital communications vehicles ...

The British Task Force started to land at San Carlos Bay on May 21st 1982 after receiving approval from London, under command of Brigadier J H Thompson, Roy...

Gallipoli - 28 April 1915 Marines were involved in both the initial, unopposed, landings on the peninsula and the subsequent amphibious operation to relieve ...

Mounted by two thousand men of the 4th Battalion Royal Marines and Royal Navy under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes. The objective was to deny th...

'I assess the most important factor in the success of the operation was first class leadership by junior NCOs. Their section battle craft was a joy to watch ...

On July 24, the allied fleet arrived outside Gibraltar. In all, Rooke commanded 16 English ships under Byng and six Dutch ships under Rear Admiral Paulus van...

Throughout the Second World War, LCAs were used for landing Allied forces in almost every Commando operation, major and minor, in the European theatre. They ...

The St Nazaire Raid or Operation Chariot was a successful British amphibious attack on the heavily defended Normandie dry dock at St Nazaire in German-occupi...