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By Charlie A. Beckwith, Donald Knox
By Sir Napier Crookenden
14TH INTELL
14th Intelligence Company, Intelligence Corps (now Special Reconnaissance Regiment)
Sub-forums:
200 FLIGHT RAF
Royal Australian Air Force 200 (Special Duties ) Flight
22 SAS
22nd Special Air Service Regiment
3 CDO BDE
3rd Commando Brigade,Royal Marines 1946 -
AATTV
Australian Army Training Team Vietnam
AIR AMERICA
Civil Air Transport (CAT) and Air America (CIA owned and operated)
AIR COMMANDO
U.S.A.A.F. Air Commando Groups 1944-1945
ALAMO SCOUTS
U.S. 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit
ARMY CDOS
British Army Commandos and Special Service Troops 1940-45
AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS
Independent Companies and Commando Squadrons AIF
AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS 2
Australian Commando units postwar
BEACH JUMPERS
U.S. Navy Beach Jumper Units (Special Warfare)
BELGIUM
Belgian Secret Agents
CANADIAN PARA
1st Canadian Parachute Bn 1942-45
CANADIAN SPECIAL OPS
Canadian Special Ops and Airborne Forces postwar
CARPETBAGGERS
U.S.A.A.F.-O.S.S. Special Operations Units 1943-45
CHINDITS 1943
77th Indian Infantry Brigade (1st Chindit Expedition)
CHINDITS 1944
3rd Indian Infantry Division (Special Force) (2nd Chindit Expedition)
CIA
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
COASTWATCHERS
Allied Coast Watch Organisation (Allied Intelligence Bureau) 1941-45
CODETALKERS
U.S. Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers
COPP
Combined Operations Pilotage Parties
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Czech Secret Agents
DAMBUSTERS
617 (Special Duties) Squadron,R.A.F. 1943-45
DETACHMENT 385
Royal Marine Detachment 385 (Small Operations Group)
EOD
British Explosive Ordnance Disposal units 1940-
FIJI GUERILLAS
No 1 Commando Fiji Guerillas
FORCE RECON
U.S. Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance
FRANCE
French Secret Agents
FRESHMAN
Operation Freshman
FSSF
First Special Service Force (The Devil's Brigade or the North Americans)
GREEN BERETS
U.S.Army Special Forces
HOLLAND
Dutch Secret Agents
INDIAN PARA
50th and 77th Indian Parachute Brigades 1941-46
JEDBURGH
Jedburgh Teams (BCRA,OSS,SOE)
LRDG
Long Range Desert Group (formerly Long Range Patrol Unit)
MARS TASK FORCE
U.S. Army 5332nd Brigade (Provisional)
MERRILL'S MARAUDERS
U.S.Army 5307 Composite Unit (Provisional) (Task Force Galahad)
NCDUS
U.S. Navy Naval Combat Demolition Units
NIGHTSTALKERS
U.S.Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne)
NORWAY
Norwegian Secret Agents
OSS
U.S. Office of Strategic Services
PALESTINE
Palestinian Secret Agents
PARAMARINES
1st Marine Parachute Regiment,U.S.M.C. 1940-44
PARAS
Parachute Regiment 1941 - 45
PARAS 2
Parachute Regiment postwar
PHANTOM
Phantom Signals
POLAND
Polish Secret Agents
POLISH PARA
Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade 1941-47
RAIDERS
U.S.Marine Corps Raider Battalions
RAN BEACH COMMANDOS
Royal Australian Navy Beach Commandos 1942-45
RANCDT
Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diving Teams
RANGERS
U.S.Army Ranger Battalions 1942-1945
RANGERS 2
U.S.Army Ranger Units Postwar
RM CDOS
Royal Marine Commandos 1942-45
RMBPD
Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment (Cockleshell Heroes)
RN CDOS
Royal Navy Commandos
RSR
Raiding Support Regiment
SAS
Special Air Service Regiment (1941-1945)
SAS (TA)
Special Air Service Regiment (Territorial and Volunteer Units)
SASNZ
Special Air Service (New Zealand)
SASR
Special Air Service Regiment (Australia)
SBS
Special Boat Sections (Army Commando)
SCOUTS AND RAIDERS
U.S. Navy Scouts and Raiders WW2
SCUS
R.A.F. Servicing Commando Units
SEALS
U.S. Navy Seal Teams
SIS
Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) plus MI5,MI9,etc
SOE
Special Operations Executive
SRU
Sea Reconnaissance Unit
UDTS
U.S. Navy Underwater Demolition Teams
US PARAS
U.S. Parachute Infantry Regiments (WW2)
USACAPOC
U.S.Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command
V FORCE
British V Force,Burma 1942-45
VIPER FORCE
Viper Force,Royal Marines
X CRAFT AND CHARIOTS
Royal Navy Midget Submarines and Human Torpedoes
ZSU
Z Special Unit