Commando A Leap in the Dark

A Leap in the Dark

In May 1940, Winston Churchill called for the immediate training of an airborne commando unit following reports of German invasions of Belgium and Holland using parachutists. The elite force carried out numerous successful assignments until the ambitious but disastrous mission of 1944, when 10,000 men were dropped into Arnhem in occupied Holland and three quarters were either shot dead or captured. In this programme, paratrooper veterans recount their experiences of daring and often chaotic raids, accompanied by vivid reconstructions and archive footage