43 Royal Marine Commando with Yugoslav Partisans on the island of Korcula, 1944
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1986-02-68-244
Description
Photograph: Members of 43 (Royal Marine) Commando L/Cpl Reeves WG (2 Brigade Signals), CSM Bunny Green and Sig Cox G. (2 Brigade Signals) with Yugoslav Partisans on the island of Korcula in Dalmatia, 1944. During the Second World War, Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents, Army and Royal Marine Commandos, the Special Boat Service (SBS) and the Special Air Service (SAS) all fought alongside the Yugoslav partisans. They undertook raids against Axis military installations and engaged in acts of sabotage. Together they forced the Axis to garrison Yugoslavia with hundreds of thousands of soldiers, preventing their use on other war fronts.
Campaigns
World War Two, Balkans (1940-1945)
People