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FEATURES NO CONTEST There had been commando raids before, but these were only small affairs which had little impact. So the next raid, undertaken seventy years ago this month, was to be an assault on such a scale that it would make the enemy fear the name of the Commandos. THE BROKEN PLEDGE The attack upon a cross-Channel ferry by a German submarine in 1916 may appear to be an incident of comparatively minor importance amidst the tumultuous events of the First World War. Yet, writes Alexander Nicoll, it would lead to the Great European War becoming the world's first global conflict. DISASTER AND DEFIANCE In late 1943, the British authorities became aware of the approach of the German blockade runner MÃ
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