Middle East Commando
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Middle East Commando was a battalion sized British Commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War. The Commando was formed in the Middle East from the survivors of the Layforce Commando unit partly to placate Winston Churchill who championed the commando idea. In December 1940 a Middle East Commando depot was formed with the responsibility of training and supplying reinforcements for the Commando units in the Middle East.Moreman, p.19 The Middle East Commando was disbanded in 1942.
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- {{cite book|last=van der Bijl|first=Nick|title=No. 10 Inter-Allied Commando 1942–45|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=2006|isbn=1-84176-999-1}}
- {{cite book|last=Chappell|first=Mike|year=1996|title=Army Commandos 1940–45|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-85532-579-9}}
- {{cite book|last=Haskew|first=Michael E|title=Encyclopaedia of Elite Forces in the Second World War|publisher=Pen and Sword|year=2007|isbn=978-1-84415-577-4}}
- {{cite book|last=Moreman|first=Timothy Robert|title=British Commandos 1940–46|publisher=Osprey Publishing|year=2006|isbn=1-84176-986-X}}
{{British Commando units of the Second World War|state=collapsed}}
Category:Commando units and formations of the United Kingdom
Category:Military units and formations established in 1940
Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1941