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Fairbairn-Sykes Commando Dagger

Name: Fairbairn-Sykes Commando Dagger
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
SKU: 04356522
Price: 17.04 EUR
Availability: PreOrder
Author: Leroy Thompson
ISBN: 9781849084314

Leroy Thompson

Language

English

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Libristo code: 04356522

Publishers Bloomsbury Publishing, March 2011

The origins of this iconic dagger can be traced to Shanghai in the 1930s where W. E. Fairbairn and U... Full description

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The origins of this iconic dagger can be traced to Shanghai in the 1930s where W. E. Fairbairn and US Marine officers including Sam Yeaton carried out experiments in developing what they considered the perfect knife for close combat. When Fairbairn and Sykes became instructors for the Commandos, they refined the design which would evolve into the classic Fairbairn-Sykes dagger. The dagger was first used during early Commando raids into occupied Europe but saw action in every theatre of World War II. US Rangers and Marines who had trained with the Commandos took their Fairbairn-Sykes daggers home which also influenced the development of American Special Forces daggers.