Modern war films show elite soldiers operating behind enemy lines. But those tactics didn’t start in Afghanistan or Iraq. The roots go back to U.S. Army Rangers in World War II
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In modern war films and documentaries, elite soldiers moving silently through the darkness have become a familiar image. Small teams striking deep behind enemy lines. Fast a ssaults on critical targets. Soldiers trained to operate where conventional forces cannot. Today, the United States Army Rangers are synonymous with that kind …
By the fall of 1942, the newly formed U.S. Army Rangers had completed their grueling training in Scotland. Volunteers had been pushed to their limits at the Commando training center, learning night raids, amphibious assaults, demolitions, and small-unit tactics. Now it was time to find out if the experiment worked. …
