How Commandos Became Useless in Occupied Europe #history #ww2

Añadido: 2026-05-15

[00:00:00]The head of the Norwegian section of Britain's Special Operations Executive learned a hard lesson about who could be sent into occupied Europe.

[00:00:08]The first men recruited had been, in his words, the commando type.

[00:00:13]Brave, physically capable, decisive.

[00:00:17]But however brave and efficient those men were, it had quickly become clear that other qualities were also required.

[00:00:25]The tough gangster of detective fiction, he wrote, was of little use and was indeed likely to be a danger.

[00:00:32]What was needed was a man of character, prepared to adapt himself, his views, even his orders, to other people.

[00:00:38]Common sense, not bravado.

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