Operation Trent: The largest S.A.S. operation since 1945 | November 2001 

sources put the actual al-qaeda death figures between 18-73

Pray an act of perfect contrition everyday

@@REIDAE 18... 73... 100... All that matters is every single one of those boys return home safely. People get far too excited regarding numbers of enemy casualties resulting from an engagement. Getting in and out without pulling the trigger is often the most favourable victory in many deployments.

There's a reason they are the best.

I'm going to be that guy... technically being injured or wounded is considered a CASUALTY. No deaths however.

Only Range Rovers are really shit, defenders are pretty long living machines. 60% of expeditions was made with Land Rovers

Dias Akshaiyk if you want an expedition you choose a land cruiser. Land rovers are generally regarded as liabilities the world over

abingdonboy not the defender, lol.

Land Rovers are some of the most reliable vehicles in existence.

Alex, ........I bet the locals are still using it today, and every day !

True, I met NZ SAS VC recipient Willie Apiata in our local shops and he was quiet, calm and generous with his time for me. Legend.

Cool and hell never forget "legs" an sas operator who was only 5'3 - driven people come in all shapes and sizes 👍👍👍

They really are I met one guy down in south Florida at a judo training clinic, his judo was phenomenal and was a super nice guy the only way we found out was one of my coaches who trained with him back in the day knew of his back story

As a kid I remember coming home from school and watching live the SAS troops assaulting that embassy in London back in the early 80’s and thinking these are some bad dudes!

That may be so but the very nature of THIS 'tasking' was utter bullshit. S.A.S. felt like they were missing out on the action and were jonesing for a piece of the pie. So they dreamed up a 'daring' overly complicated cookie-cutter typical special operation raid with no significant military purpose. It was, as we used to say, just a 'fun jump'. HALO in to certify an LZ? Seriously? Why didn't they just chopper In??? I mean, how was the team gonna get OUT if the ground was soft and C-130's couldn't land? Then driving half way across the 'Stan in broad daylight? Did they seriously think their invisibility cloaks were going to protect them? Were they planning on using Jedi mind tricks to fool the locals into thinking they were a stampeding herd of goats? And they were seriously under-gunned for a raid. Very basic military principle is offensive force anywhere from three to ten times the strength of the entrenched defensive forces you attack, depending on the situation. Instead these jokers launched what was essentially a frontal assault and relied on Navy bombs to do the job for them by brute force while they took the credit and collected the medals. Not impressed. Saw way too much of this kind of jackassery in my day.

You should see the Rhodesian numbers, the Selous Scouts had no body armour and wore short shirts yet in one operation 100s of actual terrorists (not just people defending their country) were neutralised and only one Scout was injured.

I've seen the enemy casualties at 16-73... But the real reason they won was because nobody died and everyone returned.

@Road Dog begging?

@Road Dog damn it's almost as if fighting people that run away to the mountains and have little control over major cities is a waste of money /:

@Road Dog lmao

Yeah it is interesting why not at night. Maybe because it was bigger operation so it would be hard to manage at night?

@@jirihutecka9020 I think it was covered in the video, to do with the US air support only being available for a specific hour.

No casualties,this is some call of duty shit... mad respect to sas

Jiří Hutečka it was because the United States Airforce could only operate at that specific time

Not one L.E. SA80 in sight, why is that?

What a lad, what did you do that time

Goddammit Trent. What did I say about planting bombs near the police headquarters?

TFW the LSD kicks in I’m sorry but it’s just to much fun please don’t tell my dad

SEN1LE i cant confirm or deny it but the comment below yours is spot on

@@trentbyington1449 Dude watch thisru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ssFAkvLdH4g.html

Red White and Blue

We make a good team USA UK...

Sweet xx 💋 Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 x

very kind , genuine words there

@@groovejet33 I have nothing but respect for the SAS. They’re some of the best soldiers out there.

we're going to need to stick together (all free peoples), soon - Hold Firm, Strike Sure!

Well said Liber - Best comment on here.

When fighting side by side we will never let you down

Hope we always have each others back's.✌️

@Brittonic YT !? Explain wtf you on about?

True 👍👍

Hurry up and wait , On the bus off the bus

Bear bacon Grills spread out in a bunch 😀

@@24632860 you're in your own time now

i'd know it was bad if 1 was headed my way. never mind that many lol.

Yeah, cos there's usually less than a dozen of them to fuck shit up.. Sending in 100 is the modern equivalent of sending in the 300 from the movie of the same name..

And the paperwork for a bulk order of virgins for martyrs is going through Paradise.

if i was a terrorist i would be like ima head out

As we've seen from this very channel, one single crewed SF Operator can have a devastating impact on the enemy (Nairobi Terror Attack) But over one hundred... Yeah, Sorry lads, but it's time to pack your bags and make for home, or reap the literal whirlwind...

Yep

China has run away and hid in bat filled cave... When they hear sas are coming

They are, most modern special operations units are modelled after the SAS

Carmine British infantry are trained better than us marines royal Marines are like your navy seals

@@stevendutton3625 Royal Marines are like US Navy SEALs? That's a bit of a stretch. Royal Marines are respectable in their own right, but their function and training is different as they serve a different purpose. They are a larger force, and serve functions similar to the US Marines. Navy SEALs are equivalent to the SBS. They have a selection process, with a higher array of skills trainings. SEALs undergo 6 months of Basic Underwater Demolition training, then on to a year of SEAL Qualifications Training. Roughly 18 months of training before they are assigned a Team and undergo more training with that team.

rayyan • good man 🇬🇧

Half of Europe sailed to the isles, then you have the old empire to boot. Genes just tells you what your made of, not who you are.

What it means to be a freeborn Englishman son.... Like You.

No matter race you gotta earn it i couldn't lol

The commonwealth is a real thing

Same here

It's interesting because even as a kid in Texas in the 90s and 2000s in the land of special ops worship of how bad ass we are I always recognized that the SAS and British forces were not to be f'd with.

Yes Thijs, it is a great book and thanks for your kind words regarding Britain's part in your liberation. If only the French were as grateful 😊😉

British*****🇬🇧

I Think you mean British and not English. But, if you do want to be specific, it was a Scotsman who founded the SAS, and one of his very first recruits and therefore a founding member was from Northern Ireland.

@@RobRoyBoaz yes , British, sorry for that . I think it was sterling who invented the sas no ?

@@thijst5571Archibald David Stirling, known as David Stirling. Crazy thing was that their very first mission was a disaster but they came right after that. 👍🏻

*Berets

God bless your dad a real hero

God bless true Hero.

Same here my great grandad mike at the age of 60 one night stumbled into my grans bedroom drunk and started ranting to her about his time in the SAS and his time as part of SOE, my gran and grandad both knew he was in the army but they thought he was just drunk and didn't know what he was saying when it came to the SAS stuff, he died not long after and while digging through his stuff the found SAS badges and loads of other stuff still don't know what he did though. God bless your grandad what a hero

Thank you too All of them.

Well they did thats why they brought two extra vehicles just for logistics

Its definitely him for the incredible story telling.

I agree keep up the good work

its the r6 siege lore irl for me

I agree yous stick by each other .but please stop boasting about ops all over the world explain this the afgan farmers beat yous both .the veitnamese farmers beat America .the IRA housing estate working class people beat the british . So why is the working class beating the so called super hero.s and there rich country's with all there super power weapons .I think the goverments and media should be trying to stop mentioning the exploits .as there became the laughing stock in the world now .ps pitty help us in the future

yeah so different from what we known for nowadays; Londons pakistani hate preachers.

RU-vid Worm Hole Our police make me feel ashamed..

The SAS is the only Britishness I can feel proud about these days. Our country is fucked

We love our country and our people and our family’s god bless

About the only thing left chap!

@Talorc MacAllan "crumpets and scones please guvna"

you know it

Why ?

@@CoalMiningTown 🤦‍♂️

Canadians smh!

@@kennedymprah3172 Other country smh!

@@CoalMiningTown it's a reference to the Commonwealth.

I wonder what are they doing right now

@@rob8530 probably installing another favourable government in the 3rd world for us to go to war with in 20 years

"Despite orders to attend the debrief, 6 of the 100 operators we noted to attend."

Brilliant. My intelligence always takes a hit for several hours if I visit an opium factory. Well done lads!

How much was brought back to britian .ps if yous are so into knowing.things .who flooded America and made billions out of killing millions of people and destroying millions of kids lifes .the c.i .a .there the biggest drug dealers in the world .how do you think it's gangster peadophiles like Clinton .trump .gates and other pals of Epstein who ran America all this time .how does anyone in britian come up with a hundred ton of dope in one go .are you clicking on now we're that kind of money comes from

I would give the SF Israelis a nod but I fully agree with you.

Yep AGREED the SBS were also pioneering a lot of stuff in the early days, that only the yanks think they are the greatest at... Pa haha.. Yanks are bollox..

Was also a good day for the Bombcat.

Plus smaller nations like Norway and new Zealand can buy the newest best equipment because it costs less to equip and train a smaller fighting force. Plus NZ kinda has the threat of China's pacific expansion to worry about.

@@justindunlap1235 Australia: forgotten

U just showed a wales and birtish fuckinn flag

Welsh can get in the fkn S.A.S. lol it’s a birtish force

@@dfkdiek518 maybe he wanted to let people know which part of UK he is from...

So if we both mess with eachother does that mean we are in a free for all and each attack ourselves

Amen brother.

1982? When are so called ally told us to hand off our land and people to a military dictator, didn't have our backs then when we needed it most.

@@mrcaboosevg6089 they did have our backs actually they just did it in secret, they had just set up that government in Argentina so the soviets didn’t spread communism there and the dictator was going through the mud so he decided to invade the falklands to distract the people from their real problems which back fired on him and he was ousted. I don’t blame the usa for not wanting to back us up because they were trying to protect there national security but even then they still helped us so your argument means nothing.

Yes I suppose it’s good to have each other on side, But USA need stop starting meaningless wars for greed

They've used pinkies for years and probably will continue to do so for the foreseeable future

Most Australian SF still use these rovers

these things aren't meant to be engaging in direct combat with other vehicle or anti-armor weapons. SF groups with these types of vehicles tend to prioritise speed over armor and firepower.

It’s all about mobility and firepower

So STUPID

US intel had initially classified the target as low priority, plus almost all US forces in country were focused on supporting the Northern Alliance push on Kabul almost 1000km north.

LessCommonKnowledge good copy. makes sense given Nov 2001 was the infancy stage of the war, thus kinetic in less certainty

@Weißer Wolf they were successful seeing that the country fell in such a small amount of time considering how these are the same people that defeated the British and Soviets.

@@joeclaridy well that's not exactly true, I wouldn't say the country fell. The main government may of but not much more than that

@@christycullen2355 It fell due to the mishandling of the civilian leadership the Bush administration installed who didn't pay attention to what the actual ground pounders and their native contacts were saying. Politicians, amirite?

Apart from the fact the Americans made our SF carry out the operation in broad daylight! That ain't good!

And doing a bloody HALO jump at that

Wasn't that churchill?

How is the taliban gonna do you any harm?

@@craigbritz1684 When they ran Afghanistan, they exported terrorism to western liberal democracies, they funded Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden (you've heard of him right?) to kill and maim people who believed in a different god and a different way of life. Just so you know.

@@AdolfHitler-pm3lc It WAS Churchill. My bad.

Change your name 'Adolf'.

Beefsuprem0 we can give you an hour sure but we break for lunch at 12 so you’d best get a wriggle on 😂

I wonder what the Hell was so important that they could only give 1 hour in the middle of the day?

This was mid-to-late november 2001, a month and a half after the initial invasion. By that time the US was conducting an extensive air campaign, both with strikes on strategic and logistical targets and by dropping propaganda leaflets all over Afghanistan. The air forces (both the actual air force and navy) weren't, however, brought up to that speed yet as some of the seaborn assets hadn't arrived in the area of operations yet. And since the americans didn't believe in the importance of the mission (in the video it is stated that they didn't even consider it a worthy target at all until the UK pushed on it), it was certainly not a priority. I can almost see some american TF commander going: "Well, tell 'em it's 1100 or nothing. Maybe that'll shut 'em up."