"Forgotten Heroes? The Czehs of X-Troop N° 10 Commando" Topic
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| Tango01 | 22 Jul 2026 1:31 p.m. PST |
"The central role of the X-Troop was to provide native German speakers to accompany raiding forces to act as interpreters, translators, interrogate prisoners, and encourage the enemy to surrender. Little is known about the first group of seven or eight privates brought to Wales on July 24th, 1942 by Capt. Hilton Jones, and his Hungarian-born sergeant, ‘George Lane' (Georg Lanyi). It is known that they were mostly German-speaking Sudeten Czechs and, like most members of the troop, probably of Jewish extraction. Furthermore, it was recorded that they already had ‘operational experience.' Some members, such as ‘Latimer' and ‘Taylor,' had fought with the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, while others, such as ‘Bates,' had spent much of 1941 undergoing SOE (Special Operations Executive) training at schools in Arisaig, Wokingham and elsewhere…" link Armand |
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