New Book Reveals The Bravery Of The SAS During World War Two

Founding member Colonel 'Paddy’ Mayne transformed SAS operations Photo: SAS REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION

The Making Of The SAS, The Men Who Dare -- The Telegraph

A new book reveals the early history of the SAS in unprecedented detail and allows us insights into the modern regiment.

Travelling through France this summer on the A6 towards Auxerre, I made a detour to a tiny hamlet called Les Ormes to pay homage to a fellow SAS man.

In August 1944, the SAS had dropped into the countryside of central France in an operation code-named “Kipling”. The mission was to disrupt stiff German resistance and to provide information for the advance of General George Patton’s US divisions. At that time the only “behind lines” special forces in the world were British, and they were much in demand.

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My Comment: Stories like the one above reminds me of the stories that my father told me of what he experienced on the Russian front during the Second World War .... bravery, courage, fascinating, mesmerizing, and incredible are some of the words that I can think of.