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Wow what a watch to think this small band of men effected North Africa campaign.
Interesting Churchills involvement and creating such a rogue group which the generals were not keen on..
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2022...rama-to-return
The podcast is good
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08f00r9
as is the book by the excellent writer Ben Macintire .. Read all of his wonderful books .
Book:
https://www.waterstones.com/book/sas...8aAvxEEALw_wcB
I found it a bit silly and overexaggerated at times but a decent watch all the same.Originally Posted by life on mars
Paddy Mayne being made out as a lunatic who snarled at anybody that dare speak to him was a bit OTT also. Very interesting man though. Played international rugby for Ireland and the Lions.
Dramatic licence was a bit OTT but an spiffing watch all the same old boy. A bit like "The Crown" insomuch as if you believe it verbatim your a silly bugger.
Churchill appears to have been a bit of a racist old tosser
War mongerer and a general wrong'un. No wonder Johnson idolises him
Was it not a fly on the wall documentary?
That's comical. You should have read a bit of history and learnt about the other German bloke.
Almost everyone was then, it was different times.
Yes, quite a good watch!
It severely downplayed the role of the LRDG (Long Range Desert Patrol Group). They were the ones who extracted Sterling and his men after their parachute drop and guided them in in many of the earlier missions. They trained the SAS people on desert navigation and a few of their members transferred over to the SAS as navigators.
Bit of a daft comment, don't ya think??
Had Hitler gotten control of mainland Europe, which was clearly the intention, I daresay no blacks, Jews, Muslims etc would be residing anywhere in Europe right now.
Who's the more racist of the two of them really?
Nor residing here.. Churchill for all his faults was nothing like some have painted him here.
And he was given the boot by the electorate Towards the end of the second world War. Bit strange that, you would have thought that he would have been very popular. Obviously not. Also sent The Murderous 'Black and Tans' into Ireland. My Grandfather despised Churchill.
Spot on, Churchill was a first class twat, the electorate saw right through him in the election after the war, unlike today’s voters. The result of that election tells the true story of the UKs opinion of the man not the heroic, greatest Briton ever, fantastic leader shite we’ve been fed for years and years. He was a horror of a man from the very start of his political career.
David Sterling may have been a Boy's Own 'hero' in WW2 - but he was also a dangerous right wing fanatic who planned an armed coup against the Wilson government in the 1970s. GB75 was real and Stirling's views and most of his plans are clear.
The only dispute is how far MI5, MI6 and other elements of the establishment were also involved.
https://connorwoodman.com/2018/03/18...-in-the-1970s/
You'll have to ask Kanye west
Might as well bang your head against a brick wall. It would make more sense.
I watched the series some time ago on BBC i player.Excellent series.
As for a coup given the power of the trade unions in the 70s,a national strike who have been called.
I think that's a fair conclusion
I didn't say who was the most racist , Hitler or Churchill
I said Churchill was a racist old tosser and he was
Hitler was a fascist which is a racist and many other attributes
I can't speak for others but I have described him as a racist
Which is what he was
Mine too
He had no respect for the middle east or muslims.
Also allowed the army into Tonypandy to influence the Miners Strike.
Basically sent soldiers on the population.
I've not seen this series but recently started watching the Mayfair set. It's old now but I found it very interesting. The first episode, at least, focuses on Stirling and the SAS.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...he-mayfair-set
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