Commando cover art

Commando

Winning World War II Behind Enemy Lines

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for £0.00
£8.99/mo thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Offer ends 31 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

Commando

By: James Owen
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
Try for £0.00

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 31 July 2025 23:59 GMT. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

June 1940: As Britain's soldiers limped home from Dunkirk, a maverick Army officer was already devising a bold plan to hit back at the enemy. His idea was to revolutionise military thinking and change the face of warfare forever. Relying as much on stealth and guile as on courage and stamina, the Commandos brought to the battlefield the skills of the guerrilla. Trained by an unconventional band of experts, and led by a big-game hunter, a film star, a Highland chief and an eccentric wielding a bow and arrow, they became the spearhead of the Allied drive for victory. Weaving together official documents, new research, and veterans' own accounts, Commando reveals for the first time the exhilarating full story of WWII's most formidable fighting force.

©2012 James Owen (P)2012 Isis Publishing Ltd. Armed Forces Europe Great Britain Military Military & War Special & Elite Forces World World War II War England Veteran

Listeners also enjoyed...

 SBS – Silent Warriors cover art
Tragedy at Dieppe cover art
SAS Great Escapes cover art
Mosquito Men cover art
First into Action cover art
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare cover art
D-Day cover art
Paddy Mayne cover art
Red Devils cover art
Voices from the Air cover art
Goose Green cover art
Lion Rampant cover art
If Chaos Reigns cover art
Juno Beach cover art
An Army at Dawn cover art
The Phantom Army of Alamein cover art
All stars
Most relevant  
The book was well narrated, logically throughout out and kept the listener engaged. I thought I knew something of the inception of the Commandoes but this book really broadened it. It was especially interesting to hear a detailed account the cockleshell heroes, the raids on the Greek islands, the establishment of the Commando school and Heroes like Anders Lassen.

Not sure I took it all in so I plan to listen to it again, genuinely excellent!

Excellent book from start to finish

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
a great listen into the ups and downs of the genesis of the Commando's from wars start through D-day and on to the battle in the East.

Gripping!!!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book is a must read for all serving and former Commandos. Definitely up there as one of my favourite books.

Hoofing

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Narrated nicely and easy to listen to. Nice to hear some personal accounts from solidierst along with official history.

Nice anthology of stories

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book and the stories within had me spellbound
A must read for anyone remotely interested in the military

gripping first book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
An amazing story of truly amazing men...told in a very objective way. The narration is excellent...you can imagine Andrew is a young commando officer himself, delivering a post op debrief...

And it’s a important tale to tell

Well done all...

Absolutely brilliant narrative history

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A excellent historical piece on the commando special force raiders throughout the Second World War . The narrator has you gripped by his tone from start to finish

Commandos Lead the way

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A very full and interesting account about the commandos and its inception and the earlier raiding teams that come before. Some of the stories such as the SIG raids in North Africa I read about in Ghost Patrol by Damian Lewis. A very good book and although I liked the narrators natural reading voice I was not a fan of the constant changes of accent when attempting to impersonate a scouse manc or cockney soldier. Not necessary and sometimes the comical sounding accents detracted from what was being said. That said I would still recommend it.

Very informative. Accents could do with some work

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Was great and enjoyed this definitely recommend listening to this the story and the narrator

Wonderful

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It goes to show that the ruling elite once again played with the average soul pretty much as their plaything in pursuit of personal glory. Funny how junior ranks get the slightest of mention whilst giving a vivid pictures of the gentry.

that said the commandos were all very brave especially those that went back for more. god bless all of them.

quite the eye opener

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews