: On June 6, 1944, commandos were famously led by Lord Lovat, whose personal bagpiper, Bill Millin, played as they stormed Sword Beach, an act that confused German snipers who thought he had gone mad. The Action Icon: Arnold Schwarzenegger's Commando
: Operation Chariot (1942) is often called "the greatest raid of all". Commandos rammed an explosive-packed destroyer, HMS Campbeltown , into a German dry dock at St. Nazaire to prevent the battleship Tirpitz from using it. The Commando
The modern "Commando" identity was forged in 1940 when Winston Churchill ordered the creation of a mobile, highly trained raiding force to "set Europe ablaze". : On June 6, 1944, commandos were famously