American Reacts The Origins of the SAS

[@petedutfield8617]

Hi Connor, if you get the chance you must stream the series "S A S Rogue Heroes" which is a dramatization dealing with the founding and early days of the SAS during WW2. If you google it you should find somewhere where you can stream it from, it was on the BBC over here. Very entertaining and well worth a watch. Keep up the good work 😏

[@johnroberts6384]

They have just finished filming season 2 of S A S Rogue Heroes. This one continues on from series 1 and now is about the European Campaign when Paddy Mayne continues in charge of things when David Sterling is a POW.

[@nigethesassenach3614]

I could not agree more Pete.

[@carllawrenczuk9173]

Ditto. 👍🏻

[@whitedwarf4986]

Seen it 3 times now. Can't wait for the 2nd series

[@lumpyfishgravy]

Seconded. It's absolutely f-ing brilliant. My son - Connor's age - agreed. "The trouble is ... there are frenchmen. In the transport department."

[@jamesleate]

Check out Paddy Mayne. He was an absolute animal. A troublemaker and thug in civilian life who became the ultimate bad ass officer in the war.

[@Splifford-The-Big-Red-Dog]

I live about 30 mins from where he's from, Newtownards 🇬🇧

[@surfaceten510n]

Nice hat even better is the Tommy Cooper hair.

[@aking-plums6985]

During the Rhodesian Bush War, the Rhodesian Light Infantry used to operational jump at 300 feet with the lowest recorded jump being 217 feet. Des Archer of the 1 Commando RLI holds the record of 73 operational jumps between 1977 - 1979.

[@davidrobinson970]

I was lucky to meet a SAS Original - Johnny Cooper! He was a neighbour living in a village next to mine, and it was a surprise to find that out..

[@Ade2bee]

If you believe all history about the Nazis, then you can’t blame your own people can you, British and American people were heavily involved in the eugenics movement which led to the evil that the Nazis did in fact they actually funded the Nazis up to 1943? Oh that’s funny, that’s when they started losing the war, so British and American influential families were funding the Nazi party whilst they were fighting the British Americans.

[@JackieHenry-w9m]

In 1977 a guy from delta force came over on a exchange programme to work with the sas.realised there was a lot more to counter terrorism than he thought.he went back to the us and had to fight to get the okay to train in the same tactics as our sas used.he got the okay eventually.

[@ianwalsh-b6p]

The early sas owes alot to the long range desert group who guided them to their targets, they lrdg also hit supplies for rommel blowing up ammo dumps, hitting enemy troops. made up of new zealanders, rhodesians, and british guards rommel said they did more damage than any other unit

[@tedroper9195]

The lowest recorded altitude to open a parachute is 95ft for someone who falls at below terminal velocity (182 ft/s) and 800ft for someone who falls at terminal velocity. In theory, skydivers could open their parachute as low as 600ft when falling at terminal velocity, which, in practice, not even extreme athletes have tried to achieve so far.

[@andypandy9013]

Back in my Sports Skydiving days I once 'overcooked' a jump and dumped out at 1,000 feet! I rightly got a 1 month suspension and never, EVER did that again! 😳

[@misterpwood]

@@andypandy9013 Not too far from the cypres going off. Lol

[@tonybaker55]

My uncle served with the "Desert Rats" 8th Army in the King's Dragoon Guards C Squadron and once they had finished with the Germans in North Africa, they moved to Italy and pushed north, driving the Germans further north. This was about the same time as the Normandy landings, so yes, the campaigns in Italy must have drawn away German forces from defending France. My uncle is buried in the Sangro River War Cemetry, Italy.

[@evorock]

my gramps was in with the rats as well,, as a tank driver!

[@markhughes8314]

Mac, maybe watch this " Sas iranian embassy siege documentary operation nimrod" Put up by "Elite military forces" . It's a shortened down version, but what an insight. Few of the chaps on there, people that were in there. Very good.

[@andrewmason7207]

had to stop gerry from spreading. to me the mosquito was a major player in winning the war

[@listerofsmegv987pevinaek5]

Check out BBC Rouge Hero's all about the birth of the SAS. The writer was given access to the SAS records in Hereford up to the late 50's early 60's. He couldn't beleave what he was reading. He said when you do a script, you lift parts off the story to make them more interesting. With what he was reading, about the SAS, he quickly realised he would have to tone it down as the public would not believe what they were seeing.

[@purplejpl4751]

Biplane's have a faster turning circle than prop planes but that's the only upside

[@waynec3563]

The main upside was they were available. They would get Hurricanes, P-40s (Tomahawk) and Spitfires in due course, but at the beginning of the war the biplanes were the only fighters many overseas (from Britain) posts could get.

[@lyndahodge7552]

Connor, thank-you so much for your kind interest in the UK history. YOU my friend are very mature and show intelligence behind your years. I wish you were an English man but I’m sure you are more than happy being an American. Im also confident that our Queen Elizabeth 11 knows how much respect you have shown to her and the UK, along with many UK citizens who have watched your heart felt videos. ❤ from a grateful UK citizen.

[@chsh1]

Connors intro sounds like the conversations I normally have on Friday nights. Love this channel.

[@richardlord6687]

Hi mate. Regarding the 'soft underbelly'. The main lessons learned in the landings in Sicily meant US UK and Canadian beaches in Normandy were kept separate. Experience of logistical needs and pitfalls, and the Germans defence tactics could also be studied before the main event in Normandy. German divisions were tied down in Italy, but importantly Italy came out of the war early, enabling the amphibious landings in the South of France later in 1944.

[@lupins48]

Unfortunately Connor this is a poor representation of the issues. The BBC did a four part documentary not long ago, which was comprehensive in its coverage. This one is a bit sensationalised and compacted, rather than a good representaion of the facts. If you can see the BBC version it will give you a real insight. All the best to you Connor

[@thepoliticalhousethatjackbuilt]

Collecting sand samples for D-Day was carried out by the Combined Operations Pilotage Parties, which were part of the now defunct _Combined Operations Headquarters_ which made up of members of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Corps of Royal Engineers and Special Boat Service. It would now be the SBS, which are the Royal Navy's special forces (taken mainly from the Royal Marine Commandos) as apposed to the SAS which is the the Army's special forces, which would carry out such operations from the sea.

[@crewgadjy]

SAS and SBS recruit from all parts of the Armed Forces.

[@thepoliticalhousethatjackbuilt]

@@crewgadjy I did say _"taken mainly from the Royal Marine Commandos"_ so obviously not exclusively. But they are parts of two different Services of the United Kingdom’s armed forces and each have distinct roles, although they can also overlap on occasions The SBS is Royal Navy, most of the recruits are Royal Marine Commandos and it specialises mainly in maritime operations (though not exclusively). The SAS is British Army, most of the recruits are from the Parachute Regiment, with specialists in mountaineering, parachuting, amphibious operations, or mobility operations (though not exclusively). But they both take recruits from across the United Kingdom’s armed forces because they are more interested in the quality of their personnel, not where they come from.

[@crewgadjy]

@@thepoliticalhousethatjackbuilt It came across as you where saying SAS where from the Army and SBS from the Navy. Rather than recruits for either uit can come from any Branch of the Forces.

[@bytesback.]

Biplanes for Torpedo's, slow and stable

[@crewgadjy]

They where old and still in service.

[@claregale9011]

Hi connor , I remember going to my brothers passing out parade he was in the parachute reg , they actually did a jump on that day and it did not seem that high up to me but this was back in the 90s . 😊

[@bytesback.]

Yes, obviously since the 90's gravity has changed a lot. 😁

[@claregale9011]

@@bytesback. 😆

[@SRPM-yk9xw]

The regimental badge is not a flaming sword, it's a winged sword.

[@mauricestevenson5740]

The idea of furtive actions flew in the face of military dogma. War was a gentlemen's occupation. Carried out by the lower class, sure, but arranged and directed by the upper classes. The tactics followed in earlier conflicts involved gathering large bodies of men on a convenient piece of territory facing each other and, once the sun was up, lobbing hot pieces of metal at each other. When soldiers were rendered non-combatant, the remaining men rearranged themselves into nice straight lines to make it easy for the artists recording the event. I exaggerate but the general idea is valid. Sneaking around in the shadows and setting ambushes were considered "ungentlemanly". Spies were untrustworthy and their information not to be given too much weight. The discipline of the foot-soldier (= "grunt") was paramount. Medals were given to the officers who sat on their horses on hill-tops issuing orders: the grunts were not eligible. You were not promoted for bravery but for the resignation or death of a senior officer. Promotion from private or NCO level to the officer class was rare. Your table manners and knowing which utensil to use at the table, and your family line held more weight in your movement up the ranks of officer. Money helped. If a vacancy arose, you could buy it. Some of this disappeared after the Crimean War (and the charge of the Light Brigade in particular). But in WW II, officers objected to their best personnel moving to the Commandos and, in some cases, refused to let the men transfer. Now, one of the features of videos about getting into the SAS is anecdotes told by men filmed in silhouette with nicknames at the bottom of the screen, telling about going into a room with older troops and a man who looks like he is an office cleaner coming in and declaring the details of an operation being planned and asking the new guy how he thinks they should get the job done. Because he is the officer in charge. And, when medals are announced, if you see recipients referred to as "Trooper A", he will most likely be SAS. They are notoriously publicity-shy.

[@hedleyd.walter7398]

You have to realise bi-planes were the forerunner of the single wing plane & were used a lot before newer ones came along in greater numbers. Think of today, older planes still get used before being replaced with new models, that's how things work. That's progress!

[@davidberesford7009]

Biplanes have double the wing surface which means twice the lift. You are more likely to get a biplane take off in a light wind, that includes those occasions when you didn't mean to!

[@trevorfuller1078]

Trained HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) SF/Commandos/Pathfinders operatives have exited aircraft at various heights of 20,000 ft + altitudes & opened their chutes at heights of less than 500 ft (300ft-500ft levels)! They normally employ such tactics to avoid radar detection when they are covertly inserting groups of pathfinder troopers or individual operatives usually for either infiltrating enemy defences or else placing in single observers or agents for reconnaissance or surveillance, or even sometimes for espionage or sabotage purposes!

[@liamowen]

My grandad was a pilot in the 101st air borne and was in crete and north Africa he was a gilder pilot. I have photos of him with his. Maroon berrie in Africa.

[@applecider7307]

Beret

[@Ayns.L14A]

Hey Connor , there is an excellent documentary on youtube called "British Special Forces SAS The Originals" it features interviews with David Stirling and other original members I think you will find it interesting and enjoyable..

[@markjones127]

That's a bit of a rehash of the original documentary called 'SAS Rogue Warriors' which is 3x1hr episodes and that's where all the interviews with the founding members were taken from for this, the original full length documentary presented by Ben Macintyre is brilliant and well worth a watch.

[@Ayns.L14A]

@@markjones127 yeah, with his ADHD I figured one shorter video would get the important information across rather than him watching 30 mins of 1 episode out of three....

[@chocolate-teapot]

They were the first to airdrop vehicles behind enemy lines, the story about them landing in the wrong place is great.

[@Ironage99]

I had a jumper I loved like that, my ex put it in the bill when I wasn't there.

[@mickrap6001]

Hay mc it's the old adage of engage brain before opening mouth.

[@timnewman7591]

You've got armies and landing craft in north Africa. You've got a useful objective in taking Sicily that will mean it's a lot easier for convoys of ships to pass through the Mediterranean isntead of sailing round southern Africa (and that saves plenty of shipping time and resources). And once you've cleared Sicily it's too late in the year to bring the landing craft that are essential (and there probably weren't enough troops in Britain either) to make a landing in northern France, it gives you a place to fight the Germans. Maybe not the best place, and maybe it uses more Allied than German resources, but the Allies have more resources and any sort of action against the Germans is better than doing nothing for, it turns out, ten months. So I would say the Italian campaign was worthwhile up to a point, and only becomes really superfluous in 1944 (and by that time there's plenty of ego and some politial will to keep fighting there).

[@rs1884]

This was early on in WW2, (after Dunkirk) the Axis nations were trying to take the Suez Canal (it was explaned in the video), so the Allied Armies were trying to stop the progress from the West towards Alexandria. The Allied army wasn't using this to try and tie up the Italian and German forces from elsewhere, it was a fight to remain in the war. After a series of British and Commonwealth Generals were fired, General Bernard Montgomery ('Monty') was put in charge and was able to outwit the German General Erwin Rommel ('The Desert Fox') helped by the Allies cracking the Enigma Code that was encripting German wireless communication. (Look up the Battle of El Alamain). The history of it all started in June 1940 with Italy joining the war, and to show Hitler that Mussolini could be good for the Germans, his forces struck out from Libya along the coast towards Egypt. This failed so Mussolini asked for the Afrika Korps to assist. Ewin Rommel was extremely successful initially, but failed ultimately.

[@matthewjamison]

Sabotage has always been a thing. From Alexander The Great to Hannibal, to the SAS.

[@dallassukerkin6878]

On your biplane question, the overall answer is no; that's why mono-planes developed after all :D But there were occasional 'accidental' advantages. The Swordfish is the most famous of these - it was so slow and could fly so low over the sea that they were hard to target with the bigger AA guns and, because they were fabric skinned, explosive munitions often passed straight through without exploding.

[@crewgadjy]

Main reason was they where available until better more modern replacements like the Fairey Barracuda and the Foland Fo116 became available.

[@jackduddle9449]

Biplane had greater turn rates than monoplane however they could never reach enough speed to climb or intercept monoplanes

[@TheVigilant109]

Read SAS Brothers in Arms: Churchill's Desperadoes: Blood-and-Guts Defiance at Britain's Darkest Hour and SAS Forged in Hell: From Desert Rats to Dogs of War: The Mavericks who Made the SAS by Damien Lewis for the most accurate description of the origins of the SAS

[@MichaelLamming]

Yes it had an effect 😂

[@andypandy9013]

Back in my Sports Skydiving days I once 'overcooked' a jump and dumped out at 1,000 feet! I rightly got a 1 month suspension and never, EVER did that again!

[@stevenhartley1350]

The SAS is the Great Grandad of all the Special Operations Forces of the world. Countries from around the world still send individuals and teams to England to train with the SAS. Regarding Italy, because of the political overthrow of Mussolini Germany had to send troops into Italy to cover off the northern Italian border into southern France, Austria and Germany. However they sent troops as far south into Italy eg Termoli in the east to the Volturno River in the west.

[@williambranch4283]

The invasion of Sicily and Italy distracted many German units away from the Russian front. Helping to end the war. Normandy didn't happen until a year later. In all cases from 1941-45, the Soviets were the main bullet catchers.

[@Ade2bee]

The camel thing is true by all condenses and Beevs British forces who know special forces, it’s easy to smash any animal out if you hit it in the right nerve area. If you want to know the true story, then we have a TV series called ‘SAS: Rogue Heroes’ I can thoroughly recommend

[@KBJ58]

More myth than reality. The BBC series was inaccurate. Paddy Mayne was never imprisoned, nor was he the drunken psychopath portrayed in the series.

[@williambranch4283]

Churchill wanted to invade Greece rather than Italy, to revenge from being defeated there earlier and to be closer to E Europe, hoping to prevent Stalin from occupying it. A separate operation to Greece later, helped prevent the Greek Communists from winning. The Yugoslav Communists did win.

[@evorock]

Timeghost is a magnificent youtube channel. Well worth checking out more of their stuff. Indy and Sparticus are exceptional. Especially the war against humanity series. That is gut wrenching.

[@finnishculturalchannel]

Lenin and Stalin met for the first time in 1905 in Tampere, Finland: "Miksi Tampereella on Lenin-museo?". Britain, France, USA and Russia were allies already in the WW1. During the Kindred Nations Wars Britain viewed Finland as a German vessel state and took the side of Russia: "Satunnaista sotilashistoriaa Muurmannin legioona". The British attempt to overthrow the Bolshevik regime failed. Sidney Reilly, who is listed as an inspiration for James Bond, was betrayed by a former Finnish Red Guard fighter Toivo Vähä, who led Reilly to the hands of the OGPU: "Sidney Reilly | The Most Legendary Secret Agent in History".

[@dawnjackson1437]

Love the hat Connor ❤

[@chrismackett9044]

The origins of the SAS are hardly shrouded in mystery. Just read Ben Macintyre’s 2016 book “SAS: Rogue Heroes”.

[@Shoomer1988]

When he says kit was "requisitioned" what he should be saying was stolen.

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

Cannot go wrong listening to Indi and co.

[@KBJ58]

David Stirling's brother, Peter, was much more critical in the formation of the SAS than David. Peter's apartment in Cairo was the unofficial HQ of the unit. Peter worked with Auchinleck and it was he who arranged the meeting with David, which did not involve any subterfuge (or knocking out camels). The Long Range Desert Group had already been conducting airfield raids before the formation of the SAS, so the idea was not a new one. Because David and Peter well extremely well-connected socially, with the higher echelons of the military and political establishment, it was easier for them to put forward the formation of such a unit than it would have been for others. David Stirling was, indolent (his nickname in the Guards was 'the giant sloth') and not very tactically astute, and his early raids were not a great success. He was overshadowed by the force of nature who was Blair (Paddy) Mayne, who was later to command the regiment after David was captured by the Italians on a badly organised raid in 1941. It was from this time onward that the SAS enjoyed its greatest successes. Sure, David Stirling was the ideal salesman for the formation of the regiment, but he was not as critical as some (including himself) would have many believe. Once released from captivity after the war, he had little to do with the regiment until after the untimely death of Paddy Mayne in a car crash. The original founders, Mayne, Jock Lewes, and Mike Calvert, were either dead, or in Calvert's case, disgraced because of his homosexuality, so Stirling was able to 'embellish' his own role in the development and early successes of the regiment, to the detriment of the other founders. Mayne, for example, was portrayed as little more than a drunken, Irish psychopath. Among those who served in the regiment, it was Mayne who was the most highly regarded. You don't win four DSOs (one medal below the Victoria Cross) for nothing - Mayne was recommended for the VC, but the 'powers that be' downgraded it.

[@crewgadjy]

Navy SEALS are special forces but they are not Tier 1 Special Forces. The exception is TEAM6 who are along with the Army's Delta Force America's Tier one units and comparable to SAS / SBS. The biplanes where merely old planes still in service at the start of the war. The Landings in Italy where to defeat Mussolini and free Italy not divert troops from the north. They remained operational till the end of the war when they were disbanded as the MOD saw no further use for them. They were subsequently re formed in 1947 as 21st Special Air Service Regiment ( Artists Rifles ), part of the Territorial Army ( like your National Guard ). In 1951 Z Squadron was deployed to the Malayan Emergency and have been in Service ever since. Today we have 21, 22 and 23 Regiment SAS. 2 being the full time unit and 21 and 23 being Territorial Army.

[@tobytaylor2154]

In America it's just called rogue heroes

[@Ianbos1]

Nice reaction and throw the darn hat out!!! ;)

[@nigelclinning2448]

No helicopters in WW2. There may have been a few experimental examples and some autogyros but certainly no troop carrying helicopters.

[@johnp8131]

Not quite true. Skorzeny's initial choice for the rescue of Mussolii at Gran Sasso, was supposed to be the Fa 223 Drache (20 built). However the one available broke down and a Fieseler Fi 156 Storch was used to remove Mussolini instead.

[@michaelkimber6203]

Hi Connor. A great book covering the origins (and beyond) is SAS, Rogue Heroes by Ben MacIntyre. You could also read The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Damien Lewis. Don't bother with the movie for accurate historical analysis. Cheers for this! 👌

[@pathopewell1814]

Just read another great book by this author. The seige in the Embassy in 1979/80, named Nimrod. Wonderful book.

[@Loki1815]

I'm sorry but once I heard the original narrator breathing in through his mouth, inbetween each sentence, that was the only thing I could hear! Sshhhuuuugggghhhhhhh!

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

I watched this guy a few months ago, the constant sharp inhales got on my tits so much, I never watched him again.

[@alchristie5112]

We can say that any invention seems obvious in hind sight.

[@xlerb_again_to_music7908]

Very strange sound on the WW2 Special playback, Connor.... YT's "Stable Volume" on? It'll turn up stuff; sounds like that is going on.

[@alanhogg9939]

LOL, you need a big jockstrap for your big helmet :-D You seem tired and unwell - hope you're ok.

[@angelabushby1891]

you will find it's still mainly the Para's that join the SAS, you will still get them from other regiments, some of the Gurkhas are now in the SAS.

[@Mark-Haddow]

No, it isn't. The majority are specialists, intelligence, engineers and communications. You know, the ones who know how a bomb works, or can operate listening devices. The SAS selection also sees candidates from overseas, commonwealth regiments.

[@Mark-Haddow]

PS, the best of the special forces are typically recruited to E Squadron, the MI6 special forces unit, who are basically the 00 agents. The majority of them are not British, since they operate in places a white face would stand out.

[@angelabushby1891]

@@Mark-Haddowthey learn some of those skills in their own reg' once in the SAS they learn more advanced skills my son was intelligence in the Para's

[@iamjames8200]

Not true, it’s actually Royal Marines. 50% of all special forces recruitment comes from the RM.

[@angelabushby1891]

@@iamjames8200 sorry your wrong,SBS

[@norfolkronin6307]

Might of mentioned. Phil Campion. Ex SAS. ISIS documentary. Should be particularly interseting and intriguing to the American audience. When the SAS are in these operations? Believe me. God's angels has these men's backs. Not just warriors. Humanitarians. Peace.

[@tonybaker55]

I have seen wild camels close up and they are too big to be handy in the desert.

[@barryfeagan3969]

Thanks mate for all the information on your balls

[@harryjohnson9215]

The world famous S A S

[@martinburke362]

Navy seals you see them coming like all Americans they are noisy the British are naturally sneaky and quiet

[@martinburke362]

Sad but true but if it hadn't have been for Hitler Stalin would have been in London

[@pjmoseley243]

We hear an abundance of stories about the origins of this and that and all are interesting, but what is true and what is not ..... well thats up to you if you believe it or not.

[@tonybaker55]

Guerilla tactics were used by the Boers on the British Army. Short, sharp raids that caused chaos. Colonel Lawrence did the same in WWI against the Turkish Army, using Arab forces to take out railways etc. Just like the SAS did and still do. Not sure who this guy is to give a detailed history of the SAS. "The story goes" is not facts.

[@davidhall1364]

There was a reason we awere in africa. And everyone wanted the raw materials

[@Ironage99]

Arrrghhh. The guy in the video in the video giving the narrative either have music or not.

[@bradmacoz]

Hitl$r 1933 is not too far off what's happening "somewhere" now...

[@joeobrien4869]

400ft static lol

[@timphillips9954]

It may be more imformative if you used more British influencers when researching British topics.

[@stevehilton4052]

Churchill wanted to carry on through Germany and take out the communism ideology.. The SAS are not one of the best Sf's they are the best.... The damage done by the SAS behind enemy lines is one of,if not the, most important reason the Germans were defeated in north Africa..... The Germans had to get involved in Africa when the Italians were not doing well and looked like being defeated...... but the military success and the distance that the British were pushed back made the supply route so long they had to rely on airdrops. These airfields and supply dumps were far out of reach of the British and considered safe, and therefore lightly guarded..... the SAS lived and operated in the desert in enemy territory, They split into teams and attacked different airfields.The aim was to destroy as many aircraft on the ground ( at night) as possible and fuel and supplies needed on the front line..... These attacks included killing personnel ( wether they are armed or not/) because they were engineers and service and repair workers and part of the war effort for the enemy. The final showdown between the British and commonwealth troops and the Germans came in the desert at El Alamein, General Montgomery placed the allies in a place that forced the Germans into a funnel ( the heavy German armoured vehicles couldn't move out of the area because of the soft sand on both sides of the battlefield.He had forced the Germans to travel long distances and use up the ever decreasing fuel supplies until they actually ran out of fuel and ammunition....... The SAS had destroyed so many aircraft and fuel and supplies and forced the Germans to pull men from the front to defend what was left and to reassure the fear of the " dessert ghosts" that killed and destroyed everything around, and took resources from the front by sending out aircraft and patrol's trying to find them...... the SAS had recruited from the men who were frustrated with the regular army and the way it operated, these men were often in trouble and under arrest more than they were on duty...... this is the difference between the US and UK's Idea of what it takes, so a criminal record is not an automatic rejection as it is in the US..... There is a story about the SAS in Italy that has never been made into a movie because it is so outrageous no one will believe it....... The script would read During the British landings and capture of the Italian port of Taronto the SAS heard of a German prison camp 50 miles away, so they storm the train station and steal a train and drive it to the station outside the prison, they storm the prison and kill everyone except the commandant and take him prisoner, the train is loaded with all the freed prisoners and heads back to the sea port with the Germans in hot pursuit........ It's a true story...

[@williambranch4283]

Rat Patrol was a TV show in the 60s featuring these guys in N Africa.

[@cupiddstunt]

At 58.secs I'm curious, yes you have a head and a body so is that identifying as a none male person?????? Yes you have a head and a body so anything is possible. 🤣😂😆😅

[@judithrowe8065]

David Stirling knocked out a horse, not a camel, while he worked as a cowboy in the Rocky mountains and wanted to train to climb Everest,but WWII intervened. This is not a very good video to explain Stirling or the SAS. It's getting very hard to believe you have any interest in history,not even having a grasp of the rise of the Nazis, or a basic outline of WWII- the biggest events of the last 100 years. Very shabby. like your hat.

[@tonybaker55]

You don't look like a beer and you are not American as you live in a new part of England.

[@CeleWolf]

Why use a video made by an American. Always best to find British videos on British content.

[@Nigel-wu5lj]

Connor, you know nothing about WW2. You have been lied to.

[@bytesback.]

You were fine Connor, the video was terrible. Find a British video on this subject.

[@davidshawcross5884]

why keep on stopping

[@JackieHenry-w9m]

The sbs are on average with the navy seals.

[@iamjames8200]

Nope

[@PaulSymons-v4w]

Paddy Maine. Check the Irish madman out. His exploits in the SAS are legend

[@Kiss_My_Art]

Connor....you look as though you could of picked an argument with your own reflection ! 😆. Much love from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿