5847662 Recruits on the assault course, Commando Basic Training Centre, Achnacarry, Inverness-shire, c.1942 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: After the fall of France in June 1940 the British established a small, but well-trained and highly mobile, raiding and reconnaissance force known as the Commandos. They were to carry on the war against the Axis after the evacuation from Dunkirk. The first Commandos were all volunteers selected from existing regiments in Britain.); by National Army Museum .