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Now you know who snuck into the kitchen at night and ate the leftovers.

Then as a Vetersn , I'm telling you be proud, your uncle was a TRUE LEGEND.

With that level of experience, he was a VERY brave man indeed!! I thank him and his generation in fighting to preserve the freedoms that I am lucky to have and enjoy today. Respect!! 👍

Respect! You must be pround of him! My grandfather's older brother fought in Italy too, he, like my grandfather, were born in Brazil but they were grandchildren of Germans who came to Brazil before WW1, in 1942 Germany sank some ships in the Brazilian coast, leading Brazil to join officially to the allies and declare war on the axis, this also led to a huge revolt and persecution of German and Italian descendants, who were in large numbers in southern Brazil, I heard stories of the population with torches in the streets to intimidate the German / Italian community, so, to protect his family, my great uncle enlisted in the Brazilian Expeditionary Force that left in 1944 to fight in Italy, an admirable man who did what had to be done for the family, he survived the war, but died before I could know him.

They are part of the reason. Germany was driven from North Africa. True grit style determination to succeed!!!

They had an iron clad resolution to succeed with this vitally important mission. Don't know if I could have preformed as brilliantly as they did???

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I think there is currently a TV show about the SAS in its early days

They are part of the reason Germany was driven from North Africa. True grit style determination to succeed!!!

This was probably made 20 or thirty years ago. So there's no use complaining lol

I'm glad you mentioned the involvement of Australians and Rhodesians. I'm a Kiwi and knew via family history, of our involvement. Also of the great mateship of the three groups (and friendly rivalry) so was disappointed the video didn't cover much of their involvement. All shared a kinship of individual innovation and toughness and dislike of structured military command. My father was English and was in the Paras before joining the SAS. He also emigrated to New Zealand. He seldom spoke of what he got up to until later in life and the SAS taking of that Embassy in London from terrorists. Then it all came out. He also was a non-descript man physically. Around 5'9" but tough as they come.

So true

It's in case the Scots adopted this to obtain independence. Instead, the Scots invented the SAS.

Darren Miles, 1st they removed their firearms. Then their knives. Then their right to protect their very lives. Now their freedom to gain knowledge. And these will be The Good Old Days. Sad . . .

They were part of the reason Germany was driven from North Africa. True grit style determination to succeed!!!

There was no SAS in 1939

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Hello Katherine how are you doing?

Thank you

American Hollywood garbage .

About the only thing that Rat Patrol shared with the SAS was the Jeep and the .50 Cal machine gun.

I watched it as a child. Now it's shown on Saturday night on the H&I Channel (in the US) and I can't believe how unbelieably bad the show was. Also, I understand it was not well- received in the UK, and not just because it was bad.

The British "Commando" units were created by the British, borrowing the name "Commando" from the Boers. Other armies throughout history had units that performed missions similar to the Kommandos long before the Dutch ever set foot in Africa. Don't misunderstand, I am a huge fan of South Africa history and rugby, but they didn't invent the Kommando, they just re-named it.

A couple of greek commandos hid inside a horse at Troy.

Another Saffa with Kiwis living so terminally and completely in their beads and as a chip on their shoulders that every time we Kiwis are mentioned? Off they go. Like an absolute pack of nutters.

Hello Carmel how are you doing?

Father was an officer in sterlings regiment pre 1939...i have a naval issue silk liner from a flying jacket from him....no story from him...his regiment said he 'disappears from official records' in 1940...he retired and worked on parachutes in devon pre war...then got recalled 1939 sent to palestine with his scots guard regiment but 'disappeared' and didnt return to uk with his regiment.. He was explosives specialist and mechanical engineer. Still records are mostly classified...regiment confirmed what he had told me..just bare snips like breadcrumbs.

Not surprising, since the Brits have a tendency of taking credit for ideas that weren't theirs to begin with. An example could be breaking the Enigma code, when it was Polish mathematicians who did it.

He got the idea from jock Lewes

a very english charachteristic, rewriting history with them as the victors...shrug.