On D-Day, No. 47 (RM) Commando was given the crucial task of capturing the small fishing harbour of Port-en-Bessin, in Normandy.

Operation Torch; Sicily & Italy; a changing role; Normandy; final operations in Europe & the Far East; and the end of the Army Commandos.

Layforce; operations in Norway; the Bruneval Raid; establishment of the Royal Marine Commandos; raids in France; and the Commando Order.

The story of Hannah Snell, the first woman ever to join the Royal Marines, more than 270 years before females were first allowed to do so.

A brief history of Britain's elite Royal Marines, from WWII to the present era

A brief history of Britain's elite Royal Marines, from their formation in 1664 up to WWI.

On 23rd April 1918, the Royal Navy carried out a daring amphibious raid on the German-held port of Zeebrugge, in Belgium.

Having started their involvement with Malta in 1798, the Royal Marines would be ever-present on the island for the next 181 years.

In December 1942, a small team of highly trained Royal Marines embarked on one of the boldest and most extraordinary combat missions of WW2.