The Art of Fighting
Special Operations Forces
nofficially there was a form of Special Forces, (SF) from the French and Indian war led by a Major Robert Rogers. His group was known by the name Rogers Rangers. Rogers' him self and at the time of his group was fighting for the Crown of England. After that he turned aginst the crown in the War of Independance. It wasn't till World War One till we saw the use of trained men to conduct special missions. In World War Two there was a variety of groups. The Devil's Brigade was a US/ Canadian Special Assault team trained in Mountain/ cold weather frighting. There was also the American 10th Mountain Division out of Watertown , NY. There was also Darby's Rangers, Merrill's Marauders and the Alamo Scouts. As for the SF as we know them today it wasn't till June 19th, 1952 and the "Father" was a Col. Aaron Bank. I hope this answers your question and intrest you in learning more on the other named groups. They all desserve the title Special Forces.
Special Forces from the beginning
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