The Commandos were formed during 1940 at the strategic directive of Winston Churchill and, following a suggestion to the War Office by Captains W.E. Fairbairn & E.A. Sykes, they were equipped with a new style fighting knife in early 1941.
The modified design of the Third Pattern Commando Dagger introduced in 1943 has withstood the test of time and is still issued to British Royal Marine Commandos and other overseas Armed Forces to the present day. Read more . . .
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