The early days of the S.A.S.
I'm hoping that this will prove a popular topic. Things always get lost when I do one of these one-take talks, but I hope that the lack of choppy cutting is compensation for this. One detail I missed out was that David Stirling was 25 when he was dreaming up the future S.A.S. in a hospital bed. The vehicles used by the L.R.D.G., and later the S.A.S., used a camouflage pattern of rose pink and olive green, and by all accounts it worked very well. Ten years before, at vast cost, the Italians had built what the British called The Wire, a barrier of barbed wire entanglements six feet high, thirty feet deep, and over 200 miles long. It was to keep marauding tribesmen out. By 1941 it had gaps in it, and the S.A.S. seem to have been able to slip through without problem.
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They are, indeed, the Greatest Generation. I am in awe of all the soldiers who fought in WW II (and in the Great War), my father and grandfathers among them.
I burst through this documentation, very great for this topic indeed. (Hope it's okay to post a link here.) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSgr09T4n-g&list=PLA5e6wnPHowhg66hyEJrz5OY3LxBRyMOQ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSgr09T4n-g&list=PLA5e6wnPHowhg66hyEJrz5OY3LxBRyMOQ</a>
Ah, dastardly war stories. If only I had time to drink whisky to these amusing anecdotes.
Absolutely love these kind of stories. Wish my history teachers could have been this interesting to listen to. More stuff like this! <3
I never fail to be inspired by these stories - a remarkable generation of men and women indeed.