Fairbairn Conducting OSS Close Combat Training

This introduction of 'The Fairbairn Fighting System' during World War 2.

William Ewart Fairbairn was a soldier, police officer, and exponent of hand-to-hand combat method, the Close combat, for the Shanghai police between the World Wars, and allied special forces in World War II.

He developed his own fighting system known as Defendu, as well as other weapons tactics. Notably, this included innovative pistol shooting techniques and the development of the Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife.

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