When a group of Norwegian commandos descended to the bottom of a valley across a half-frozen river and then climbed a 500-foot-high snowy cliff in the middle of the dark winter night, no one really knew what to expect.
German Federal Archive
Operators on both sides of the war distinguished themselves with daring missions.
World War II was an exciting time for special operations and commandos.
The advent of airborne operations gave them a whole new angle of approach, and the sheer scale of the war guaranteed that they d have plenty of chances to use their skills.
But even accounting for those things, operators on both sides of the war distinguished themselves with daring missions.
Here are seven of the craziest:
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