theworldatwar: British Commandos in training at Achnacarr...

British Commandos in training at Achnacarry in the Scottish Highlands - 1942.

Commandos were given intensive training in hand to hand combat and guerrilla warfare and were experts in the use of high explosives. They were lightly armed, their main aim to carry out covert missions behind enemy lines with instructions to raid, disrupt and confuse the enemy.