Commando Duck

Donald Duck is a paratrooper and is given an impossible mission. The fact that he doesn't squawk and carry on means that this cartoon is deadly serious. He goes into combat and does things only more heroic figures would even try. He encounters the stereotypical Japanese and has to decide what to do.

Donald is a commando (duh) who has to wipe out an entire Japanese airbase all by himself. I love it when he gets his commands: 'surround them!'. Reminded me of Chaplin's 'Shoulder Arms', where Charlie claims to have surrounded a dozen enemies all by himself.

Donald doesn't get far though as his parachute gets stuck in two trees, and a lifeboat is all that's left of his belongings. Who knew that lifeboat would flood the entire airbase though!

Funny if silly little WWII short, with not that many nasty references to the Japanese, except when one Japanese guy says to another: 'Remember the old Japanese saying: always shoot a guy in the back!'.

6/10.

This short is great.Donald as a commando is effective in a way no other Disney character could be.The Japanese have quite a sence of humor.They also have dialogs that cause me to burst in laughter such as in a moment in which one of them sees a shoots the rope from which Donald is hanging he shouts"I did it!Just like the Lone Ranger!".The condition of the airfield in the end is reminding me of Surrealistic paintings.Probably one of Disney's best shorts,

Disney and Donald Duck are a perfect combination when it comes to animation. Commando Duck is simply wonderful, and one of Disney's best World War 2 shorts. True it does stereotype the Japanese and in a way that not everybody is going to find gratifying. But actually I wasn't offended by the stereotyping and I love their sense of humour, their one-liners are a definite highlight of Commando Duck. Donald is a great and charismatic lead character, one who you feel for and understand his frustration and predicament. The animation is beautifully done, with colourful backgrounds and I loved how the washed down air-planes look like something from a Salvador Dali painting. The music is rousing and nimbly orchestrated, while the one-liners and gags, mainly from Donald accomplishing his goals quite by accident, make for great and very inventive(especially the solution to how Donald will destroy the base).

All in all, one of the best Disney WW2 shorts and extremely entertaining. 9/10 Bethany Cox

This is one of the few Disney shorts to show one of our beloved characters fighting the enemy in combat.

Donald is given a mission to face the enemy and destroy the Japanese airbase on a tropical island.

In order to do this he must travel by river and be on the look out for Crocodiles and Japanese Snippers This task is very risky for a soldier to do specially for Donald.

This here is yet another great WW2 Donald Duck short.

Please that this is one of the many Disney shorts banned due to it having Japanese as the enemy and making them look very gullible and sneaky. So those who are Japanese might find this short offensive.

You're able to see it off of the Disney Treasures Front Line Box Set.