Officially known as 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-D), Delta Force is an elite, counter-terrorism unit of the United States Army. Based on the 5th Special Forces Group, which had been formed in 1979, Delta Force became fully operational in the early 1980s. The 5th Special Forces Group’s Light Blue Unit had been assigned [...]

The Special Air Service (SAS) is an elite military tactical unit of the British Army. It was created in July 1941 by Colonel Sir Archibald David Stirling and was originally called "L" Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade. The SAS was conceived as a commando force to operate behind enemy lines in the North African Campaign [...]

The Navy Seals are a special operation force of the US Navy. The word "SEAL" stands for SEa, Air and Land. This elite unit originated with the Amphibious Scout and Raider School which was established in 1942 jointly by the Army and Navy at Fort Pierce, Florida. It was intended to train explosive ordnance disposal [...]

The Navy SEAL Team Six is an elite, counter-terrorism unit of the United States Navy SEALs. Its origin can be traced to the aftermath of Operation Eagle Claw, the failed 1980 attempt to rescue American hostages at the US Embassy in Iran, during the Carter Administration. During the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1979, Richard Marcinko [...]

The II SS Panzer Corps was an armored unit of the Waffen-SS which fought during World War II. It was created in Holland, in July 1942, by putting together two panzer divisions, the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich and 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen. The official name of the unit was SS Panzer-Generalkommando, becoming [...]