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But, in terms of British morale alone, the Commandos' value has already been immense. In the terms of damage to Nazi morale and the uplift to civilian morale in occupied countries, it may well have been even greater. They have gathered information about Nazi coastal dispositions which may some day be very helpful to a real invasion. Most important of all, they know the technique of invasion, as no other Allied troops know it.
Constantly, the Commandomen in their home stations champ for more and bigger action. Often they grow impatient while their superiors at Lord Louis' headquarters master the details which must precede a raid. New recruits constantly arrive at the highland camps; replacements must be continuous, because the Commandos' losses are inevitably high. But the veterans of the Lofotens and Boulogne, the few who returned from St. Nazaire, the new men waiting for their first raid—all have a constant refrain between jobs. "Why," they ask, "are we waiting?"