30Commando

Today we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice whilst serving with 30Commando/AU.
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#LestweForget #RemembranceSunday

Two weeks today I will be back at @Ltonmuseum presenting a new talk on Ian Fleming’s top secret wartime Commando unit, 30 Commando/AU.
This is a FREE event and tickets are going fast!
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James Bond Day isn’t only about the films.

In 1942 Ian Fleming created 30 Commando / 30 Assault Unit — intelligence commandos who raced ahead of Allied troops to steal Enigma machines, codebooks, radar secrets, scientists and tech.

Dieppe. North Africa. Sicily. D-Day. Tambach. V-weapon sites.

Those men and those pinches became Bond: the Spektor in *From Russia with Love*, the rockets and Dr Walter in *Moonraker*, the former commando in *Octopussy*, Bond’s wartime skills in *Goldfinger*. Godfrey became M.

Fleming said he extracted the plots from his wartime memories.

Raise a glass to 007 — and to 30AU.
@TheIanFleming @authordlewis @RoyalNavy @RoyalMarines @NatMuseumRN

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Back to @Ltonmuseum in November for my next 30AU event.
@Commando_Ops @authordlewis @DrHelenFry @militaryhistori @RoyalMarines @RoyalNavy @TrooperAbs @TheIanFleming
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