The distinctive badge, with its Anchor, Eagle and
Tommy gun, symbolised the spirit of cooperation and
harmony between the three services that Churchill
expected when he created Combined Operations in 1940.
Intended, at first, to ensure the success of commando
raids and other small operations its significance
grew with the appointment of Admiral Sir Roger Keyes
as Director of Combined Operations after the fall
of France.
Keyes was replaced by Lord Louis Mountbatten in
1941 and he in turn, handed over to Major General
Robert Laycock in December 1943 when Lord Louis left
for Burma
Combined Operations masterminded many of the pre-D-Day
exercises that we plan to cover…
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