question: No. 1 Commando carried out a series of small scale cross channel raids and spearheaded what invation which started on 8 November 1942.
answer: Operation Torch
context: Title: Operation Hardtack (commando raid)
  Passage: Operation Hardtack was the name of a series of British Commando raids during the Second World War.  The operation was conducted by No. 10 (Inter-Allied) Commando, No. 12 Commando and the Special Boat Service, and took place on the Channel islands and the northern coast of France in December 1943.  Most of the raids consisted of ten men of various ranks, carried by Motor Torpedo Boats and dories, except for one operation, which was an airborne landing.  The raids were ended by order of Major General Robert Laycock because they caused the enemy to bring reinforcements, which could have been detrimental to the Allies' strategy.
  Title: Operation Myrmidon
  Passage: Operation Myrmidon was the planned raid during the Second World War by No. 1 Commando and No. 6 Commando in April 1942.  This operation was an abortive raid on the Adour Estuary in south-western France.  The plan was to disrupt road and rail transport between France and Spain by landing approximately 3,000 troops, consisting of two commandos, No. 1 and No. 6, who would be followed up by one and a half Royal Marine battalions along with an armoured regiment and a motor battalion.  After embarking on the transport ships "Queen Emma" and "Princess Beatrix" , the force spent a month sailing off the French coast disguised as Spanish merchant ships.  On 5 April the ships approached the mouth of the estuary in order to carry out the landing.  However, amid bad weather, they encountered a sandbar that they had not expected and were unable to pass it; the raid was called off and the ships returned to the United Kingdom.
  Title: Operation Huckaback
  Passage: Operation Huckaback was a British Commando raid during the Second World War.  The raid was carried out by No. 62 Commando also known as the Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF) over the night of 27/28 February 1943.
  Title: Operation Branford
  Passage: Operation Branford was a British Commando raid during the Second World War.  The target of the raid was the island of Burhou in the Channel islands.  The raiding force was supplied by No. 62 Commando also known as the Small Scale Raiding Force was commanded by Captain Ogden-Smith and consisted of 11 men.  The raid took place a few days after the successful Operation Dryad over the night of 7/8 September 1942.  Their objective was to establish whether the island was suitable as an artillery battery position to support an attack on Alderney.
  Title: No. 62 Commando
  Passage: No. 62 Commando or the Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF) was a British Commando unit of the British Army during the Second World War.  The unit was formed around a small group of commandos under the command of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).  They carried out a number of raids before being disbanded in 1943.
  Title: No. 1 Commando
  Passage: The No. 1 Commando was a unit of the British Commandos and part of the British Army during the Second World War.  It was raised in 1940 from the ranks of the existing independent companies.  Operationally they carried out a series of small scale cross channel raids and spearheaded the Operation Torch landings in North Africa.  They were then sent to the India as part of the 3rd Commando Brigade and took part in operations in the Burma Campaign.  During the Second World War only eight commandos were recipients of the Victoria Cross two of the eight were from No. 1 Commando.  After the war they were sent to reoccupy Hong Kong before being amalgamated with No. 5 Commando and became known as No. 1/5 Commando.  The amalgamated No. 1/5 Commando was disbanded in 1947.
  Title: 2/6th Commando Squadron (Australia)
  Passage: The 2/6th Commando Squadron was one of 12 independent companies or commando squadrons raised by the Australian Army during the Second World War.  Raised in May 1942 as the 2/6th Independent Company, the 2/6th's main role was to conduct irregular type warfare including small scale raiding, sabotage, long-range patrolling and reconnaissance operations rather than the traditional commando type direct action operations.  As such, for the most part the unit conducted operations in small groups operating inside enemy territory, or out in front of larger friendly forces.  Between 1942 and 1945, the 2/6th undertook four major campaigns during the war—Kokoda, Buna, Markham–Ramu and Borneo—and was involved in arguably one of the most spectacular small unit actions of the war during the Battle of Kaiapit.  The unit was disbanded in January 1946, following the cessation of hostilities in the Pacific.
  Title: Operation Torch
  Passage: Operation Torch (initially called Operation Gymnast) was the British-United States invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War which started on 8 November 1942.
  Title: Commando Order
  Passage: The Commando Order (German: "Kommandobefehl" ) was issued by Adolf Hitler on 18 October 1942 stating that all Allied commandos encountered by German forces in Europe and Africa should be killed immediately without trial, even in proper uniforms or if they attempted to surrender.  Any commando or small group of commandos or a similar unit, agents, and saboteurs not in proper uniforms, who fell into the hands of the German military forces by some means other than direct combat (through the police in occupied territories, for instance), were to be handed over immediately to the "Sicherheitsdienst" (SD, Security Service).  The order, which was issued in secret, made it clear that failure to carry out these orders by any commander or officer would be considered to be an act of negligence punishable under German military law.  This was in fact the second "Commando Order", the first being issued by Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt on 21 July 1942, stipulating that parachutists should be handed over to the Gestapo.  Shortly after World War II, at the Nuremberg Trials, the Commando Order was found to be a direct breach of the laws of war, and German officers who carried out illegal executions under the Commando Order were found guilty of war crimes.
  Title: Operation Fahrenheit
  Passage: Operation Fahrenheit was a British Commando raid during the Second World War.  It was carried out by a small group of men from No. 12 Commando and No. 62 Commando over the night of 11/12 November 1942.
citations: Operation Torch No. 1 Commando