As the title implies, this is not a history of the sharp end of Commando raids and invasions, it is the story of the tri-service headquarters set up to take the war back to the continent. Although published eleven years after the end of the war and nine years after the disbandment of Combined Ops, much use was made of wartime reports. This facsimile copy contains much valuable and interesting information on the wide range of matters that came within their scope.