William E. Fairbairn

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! William Ewart Fairbairn (1885 1960) was a British 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. The television series Secrets of War suggested him as a possible inspiration for James Bond.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! William Ewart Fairbairn (1885-1960) was a British 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. The television series Secrets of War suggested him as a possible inspiration for James Bond.