So glad I lucked onto this movie. What a very special breed of men and their two main leaders. Humbly and sincerely thankful for their service.
@larmitage7755Ай бұрын
The commentator's voice over is the one to die for. I loved listening to his voice. SAS is the best in the world.❤
@bluestarfishmurphy63725 ай бұрын
This story reminded me of another unit, The smallest in the British Army in WWII. "Popski's Private Army" was formed by Vladimir Peniakoff in Egypt, who was an engineer who worked there through the 1930s and spent his weekends and holidays in the deserts, learning the languages, dialects and tribal rivalries of the Bedouin and how to survive. They used the equipment and methods of the SAS and long range desert group. After that conflict they moved up through the east coast of Italy, using the same strategies used in this story. Peniakoff also wrote a book pub-1950, named after his tiny unit, a fabulous read. Thanks.
@kwakagreg5 ай бұрын
yes read it years ago. very brave men
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
Thanx 👍🏻
@andydudley1775Ай бұрын
yes i heard about this army too very interesting .
@jeffrobinson98106 ай бұрын
This would make a blockbuster movie
@genosmith80206 ай бұрын
I think there was...Kelly's heroes was one such movie depicting a mission like this..they were all misfits that had to come together and go this mission..just saying it's kinda similar story is all..was great movie...Lee Marvin,Telly Savales ...bunch others...lol..
@geoffmitchell65156 ай бұрын
Wouldn’t never be made as it’s not American
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
@@genosmith8020 Or the dirty dozen maybe? Either way, it was a British mission, not American. (Head shake)🤣
@jamesjross3 ай бұрын
I've got the trailer.. English junior officer to his senior - "Sir I've linked up with Italian special forces" - "Italian what?" flicks to the Americans "I'm linking up with an Italian special forces group" - "A what?" and so on up to the Generals and finally Churchill says "That's an oxymoron... at least we'll have the element of surprise"
@Simon-jj2puАй бұрын
@@geoffmitchell6515well Guy Ritchie made one on a similarly interesting mission. Available on Prime
@BrasherFox5 ай бұрын
Addendums, David Sterling was a Major when he formed the SAS not a Colonel and known to Rommel as The Phantom Major, The LRDG, (Long Range Desert Group), was a totally different group, who co-operated with the SAS on numerous occasions but was not a part of the SAS. The LRDG provided transport and escape for the SAS in the early part but was a different group but had extensive knowledge of desert terrain and navigation. Men like those where and still are unique and much valued then and now.
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
Well said.👍🏻🇬🇧
@jakhaughton18002 ай бұрын
Lt Colonel Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne DSO with 4 bars (no VC) was head of the SAS after Stirling was captured. Read about this hero who was ruthless and not an ounce of fear.
@David-v3x5d28 күн бұрын
LRDG also ironically referred to themselves as the SAS taxi service at one time
@gordongibson72026 ай бұрын
I've finished watching this video, was sitting thinking how I can remember this. It suddenly hit me ,the piper in the story is a old fellow from my home town his name was Davie (the mad piper)Kirkpatrick he was very good friend of mine.
@EJ_WA6 ай бұрын
🙂 that’s pretty cool
@AsherYeshurun6 ай бұрын
Scottish or irish? this was a very inspiring story!
@samuelpatton17606 ай бұрын
Pretty awesome! I wonder how he got the nickname Davie "the mad piper"! Brave guy!
@panzerswineflu3 ай бұрын
I was wondering if he was a soldier or they just grabbed a musician and kicked him out of a plane
@WokeismIsMarxism6 ай бұрын
being a huge WW2 buff I thought I knew pretty much every secret mission that was done, but this was news to me. Man, they just don't make men like that generation anymore
@wolfcatgti6 ай бұрын
Ikr something new always seems to come up! This is what KZbin was meant to show. These guys were bada**es!
@faithfulservantofchrist98766 ай бұрын
You mean the Nazis? Yeah they don't make them like that anymore thank God. Greatest generation they say, they were also the worst generation. There the same from day 1 to now sinners. Nothing has changed
@WokeismIsMarxism6 ай бұрын
@@wolfcatgti Exactly, can't imagine if we had to count on Gen Z to fight a war today. They'd prob refuse until the general respected their pronouns. lol
@rmrevisions34286 ай бұрын
Agreed
@713devereux6 ай бұрын
Absolutely, great documentary. Learned something I didn't know.
@dolphfren6 ай бұрын
My Dad (God rest his soul) fought in the campaign for the Poe Valley his company provided artillery support for The 10th Mountain Division
@skualpascal66846 ай бұрын
la plaine du Pô, it's not a valley but a plain ...
@dolphfren6 ай бұрын
@@skualpascal6684 Did not know that. Just going by what it's named. Thanks for the info
@skualpascal66846 ай бұрын
U're welcome @@dolphfren . that's the cradle of my ancestors
@dolphfren6 ай бұрын
@@skualpascal6684 Cool, would love to visit the Poe Valley some day.
@skualpascal66846 ай бұрын
it's a plain & it's called Pô, from the name of the river which crosses it ^^
@RichardTaylor-y2w6 ай бұрын
Great story. Well told. Thanks. Would make a great movie
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
I think the dirty dozen is the Hollywood version. A very entertaining film but ALL wrong.🤣
@Sunluvr15 ай бұрын
Excellent editing. Just the right amount of pause with the just the right footage interspersed with the dialogue .
@nickgoddard93294 ай бұрын
My Dad was part of this operation and 19 others . They paved the way for the Americans.. My Dad was one of the originals to join. He joined from the parachute regiment. Just in case I have photographs to prove it……
@shanecaldwell899529 күн бұрын
That’s sick. Your dad has some nuts of brass. Some of the stuff the SAS did back in the big war was absolutely insane
@ARTSPRAYUK8 күн бұрын
Farran was my Grandfathers commanding officer, Billy Lavill number 1 squadron 2nd SAS,
@frenchfree5 ай бұрын
In 1980 when Bronco kinda ran mountain troupe, and the boys were visiting Canada for some mountain training, I remember them saying they visited someone in the newspaper business called Roy, who the Israelis still did not care for. The legends continue.
@Spiritofaconure6 ай бұрын
I love this documentary,and even the music was beautiful
@joshrawlings26216 ай бұрын
Awesome Intro….! Great Unknown Operational Mission that was performed by true Men….!
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@571133 ай бұрын
Excellent documentary, missed this one , sure glad I came across it. A very well done video. Thanks for posting. 51:40
@keithw18856 ай бұрын
These Guys & Gals are so bad a**. I love watching these special forces documentaries. 😀
@johnmorris5198Ай бұрын
Excellent story - the bravery and heroism of these men - tremendous. And it was brought to life by an excellent narrator. He is as good as Laurence Olivier.
@robdowney12721 күн бұрын
Good to see a well put together documentary, with a real narrator. Good period footage without stupid non World War 2 imagery. Well done.
@101wildgoose6 ай бұрын
Italians came to visit the piper in his old folks home to thank him in his final years.
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
Omg, very apt and moving👍🏻🥲
@johnrudy94046 ай бұрын
John here in NJ. Our boys were tough, but SAS is legendary. Nice to hear the term OPERATOR used. These guys need very baggy pants to walk with a set that big.😮
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
Yes, it’s certainly more accurate than agent and spy. The latter is so ‘Hollywood’. 🤣
@713devereux6 ай бұрын
Really interesting documentary, the Italian campaign is one of the least I know about.
@nic-ci_66-776 ай бұрын
In the typical italian style what happens in the 'boot country' remains for the most unknown, but it's generally very interesting and more important than many might imagine
@InderJitSinghTigerPaws6 ай бұрын
Brilliantly portrayed
@randomaccount-dq1jq2 ай бұрын
22:30 Imagine radioing to headquarters "Whoops I appear to have slipped into the plane, tripped into a parachute and fell outside the plane, suppose I may as well take charge of the lads, your welcome command"
@thomasnewton89975 ай бұрын
The SAS - Special air service are the best of the best
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
Yes, no one comes near.👍🏻🇬🇧
@robertbrown74705 ай бұрын
Excellent documentary!
@kinvara56212 ай бұрын
Thank you Timeline love your docu's! This one particularly so! Had no idea that this even took place! Amazing generation.
@Zombie-fb5zf6 ай бұрын
Excellent
@Chadswonderfulwalkingtours5 ай бұрын
Watching from Mackinac Island Michigan
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
I love these war stories. So clever and audacious. 👍🏻🇬🇧
@helix10616 ай бұрын
Amazing men and their fellow soldiers! This beats a Hollywood movie by a mile.
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
Of course it does coz it’s true! 🤣
@Capo516 ай бұрын
Amazing operation with huge success... Not know much. They guerilla fight must have affected to the confidence and feel of security of Wehrmact. Such a small group of great fighters of SAS. Brave leaders too.
@jorggruhl7096 ай бұрын
Very interesting documentary and also good told. But! The music is much to loud. The narrating voices are virtually swallowed by the music, that should actually keep in the background.
@mohammedsaysrashid35876 ай бұрын
It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about Tambo operation.....video showed how British intelligences exploited all kinds of resistance groups and directed them in favor of Allies.
@jonathannorris89926 ай бұрын
You know the French call the English “pirates “, this of course is actually historically correct. The British special forces are unique and its that piratical dna that most of them come from. The Yanks always seem to have these big chisel jawed special forces. Having met a few SAS blokes , pirate comes to mind really.
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
We were referred to as pirates because we were prolific seafarers, not because we were anymore thuggish than the french or anyone else!!!
@martingray83505 ай бұрын
What a great story 👍🏽👌🏾
@8ballphil1505 ай бұрын
Early Rupert's where a special breed .
@8ballphil1505 ай бұрын
especially David sterling .
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
That’s funny🤣 But a fair amount died in the line of duty.😢
@221jono6 ай бұрын
Very good video..well narrated..👍
@teckelshuntingandgoldfinch1086 ай бұрын
Very good video
@johnlondon3564Ай бұрын
Awesome presentation
@Spiritofaconure6 ай бұрын
1:58 who is the composer of this song
@Bigbill-x5h3 ай бұрын
Brave men in them days
@vaughnmojado86376 ай бұрын
I’ve seen this one before and it was worth another watch. I always believed that there were always good Germans and Russians. I mean it shows right there. It’s just common decency. I’m glad to have been born an American of Native American and Immigrant blood. It keeps my perspective on the right track.
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
A perspective made more comfortable by sitting on your sofa and watching a screen of some sort! I think the term ‘You had to be there’ springs to mind. Try and remember that if you can!
@clivebaxter63546 ай бұрын
Over the top music as usual
@SimpleLifeThailand6 ай бұрын
Agreed.
@olddrummer19426 ай бұрын
Almost impossible to watch and listen with the overbearing, insipid music drowning out the narration. Why do all the you tubers seem to think that loud music should be included in a story they post? If this is the History Channel, they should be ashamed of the production.
@flashgordon66706 ай бұрын
Wrong.
@flashgordon66706 ай бұрын
Timeline documentaries are Television productions first and the music isn’t that loud. It’s probably your fault for listening through headphones. And you can turn the volume down a bit yknow? That is allowed.
@clivebaxter63546 ай бұрын
@@flashgordon6670 No headphones, over bearing music is just amateurish
@formisfunction18616 ай бұрын
What balls!
@peterbamforth64532 ай бұрын
An excellent secret war episode Wouldn't setting fire to the 2 villas killing everyone on the upper floors be concidered a war crime?
@colonelfustercluck4863 күн бұрын
2 sides fighting it out.... both sides armed, killing each other. I don't think a fire during the course of the battle would be out of order in those circumstances. The Germans could have lit a fire that burnt downwards after all. But they didn't. With unarmed, prisoners or civilians, that would be legal problem
@searcaig6 ай бұрын
Such a pleasure to watch and listen to this amazing adventure narrated by a human instead of some AI generated POS that can't pronounce words properly.
@Sunluvr15 ай бұрын
My feelings exactly !!!
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
👍🏻
@martyconroy3786Ай бұрын
SOE shouldn't be confused with the SAS, entirely different groups.
@DW-rn5yb5 ай бұрын
Music is so loud I can barely hear the dialogue
@toddsmith16876 ай бұрын
Very informative. But would be so much better without music.
@ssherrierable23 күн бұрын
Their bark was loud but their bite wasn’t vicious
@timshaw81876 ай бұрын
That bloody music is so annoying
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
Yeah, it’s a bit loud, fascinating story though!
@peroleable21 күн бұрын
Agree
@gregpope46526 ай бұрын
So cool!!!
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
Anything but cool I would say. Brave, clever, audacious, brilliant, honourable, amazing .... Not cool. Ugh!
@allangreenwood79926 ай бұрын
Dirty dozen springs to mind for me
@katherinecollins46855 ай бұрын
Really interesting
@matthewh.95446 ай бұрын
Why are they wearing American uniforms in the photo? It's the SAS, it's a British led operation, the Americans had nothing to do with it. Annoying
@flashgordon66706 ай бұрын
Probably bc they didn’t actually have any photos of the secret operation, it being secret yknow taking cameras along wouldn’t exactly be appropriate would it? So they’re showing photos and pictures of the Allies on that front in general. The yanks had more money and so more cameras, Logic defeats ignorance again.
@hat-of-shives6 ай бұрын
We've got to blame someone, lol.
@bonkerslez915 ай бұрын
@@hat-of-shives😂
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
🤣Those Yanks always insert themselves in places they don’t belong.😂🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸
@RT-np5ws5 ай бұрын
They saw no signals!!
@NarayanKulkarni-mu2yp6 ай бұрын
Sir please show us disappears of magnolia empire kubli khan naval fleet in Japan island
@flashgordon66706 ай бұрын
There’s already documentaries about that. It might help if you spelled Mongolian correctly when looking for it. Or you’ll probably get a load of rubbish about gardens.
@RedEdgedSavage6 ай бұрын
Germany had it coming just like the other two
@RejectedStoner6 ай бұрын
I'm all for Who Dares Wins in the right circumstances, but this time disobeying orders possibly cost 6 troopers to be executed if I got the outset of this story correct?
@robertthweatt1900Ай бұрын
If the SAS were in uniform, their execution was a war crime. The deployment of a piper leads me to think they were.
@colonelfustercluck4863 күн бұрын
@@robertthweatt1900 and the commentator clearly stated that they wanted the Germans to know that this was the British, so that civilians would not get caught up in retaliation. So they got the piper flown in. But anyone not in uniform would be asking for it, like partisans.
@tonynapoli55492 ай бұрын
They Broke The Rules ! But came tops . SAS
@deranged42552 ай бұрын
Too many comments to search for a possible answer, maybe i missed it in the video: Does anybody know why the operation was cancelled before they went ahead with it?
@SMichaelDeHart5 ай бұрын
41:03 their not "Willis Jeeps", they're 'Willy's Jeeps'!!
@IanStewart-i6cАй бұрын
Read the book by Damien Lewis. Excellent They truly were a different breed. Naming the donkey Woah Mohamet 😂
@matthewfisher-sp5fq3 ай бұрын
You never seem to hear about Monti casino these days. 😊
@Horgi-vv2kh5 ай бұрын
Would make a good movies war one nice documentary too
@mrbbqcraig6 ай бұрын
WoW 😳
@nemoegosum83506 ай бұрын
Watching all the flagging going on in this episode is frightening… l hope those are replica weapons
@wanderingspider89886 ай бұрын
I was thinking the exact same thing. Even when the 3 guys are sitting looking at the paper the one fella just points right at his buddy's nuts through the paper. WTF gun safety guys!
@nemoegosum83506 ай бұрын
@@wanderingspider8988 right?!?!
@keithrushforth40196 ай бұрын
That's how it was back then, especially with irregular troops like partisans. If you look at old photos and films from the war era gun safety as we think of it now was a completely alien concept.
@cesarvidelac6 ай бұрын
I don't know your dad, I don't have German accent, but I speak Spanish and I certainly look younger than your dad... and I have bread🖤🖤🖤🖤
@vickyking34086 ай бұрын
Why show usa troops on your title picture?????
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
Coz they like inserting themselves where they don’t belong.🤣
@mattburle829526 күн бұрын
Can you do the Iranian embassy please
@8ballphil1505 ай бұрын
The originals . Who dares wins .
@NarayanKulkarni-mu2yp6 ай бұрын
Very most important rule In 1945 British SAS commandos in ww2
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
???
@nickgoddard93294 күн бұрын
If you cannot cope with the sound then think what it must have been for the troopers.????????? Watch without sound you are missing something very special…..
@richardthomas15502 ай бұрын
Who is the narrator?
@dinkbuster16 ай бұрын
I would have liked to have watched this but the damn music is so loud I can't hear them talking so, 10 minutes in I'm out
@charlottewalsh103023 күн бұрын
Didn’t Lees turn into a mercenary?
@AlbertJohn-n9j5 ай бұрын
Very beautiful story about two Soldier 🪖 German s s soldiers I want more information about second the war thank 💓 Soldier Russian
@NarayanKulkarni-mu2yp6 ай бұрын
💂💂💂💂💂💂SAS
@colinjones77416 ай бұрын
The SAS was formed in 1942 not 1941 the lrdg was formed 1941.
@aidanryan43012 ай бұрын
18:42
@1caseyk2 ай бұрын
Outstanding action by the SAS and attachments. Please amend the record, though, that the Spring Offensive went off as planned. It most certainly did not. Planned by the theater command, which was British, the Br 8th Army was designated the spearhead of the April offensive. In actual fact, the US 5th Army burst into the lead, not as planned. When they cut the Modena Road, it flanked the German's in front of the trailing 8th Army. And yet, the Brits still insist the offensive went "as planned". The first lightning warfare of the Italian campaign was conducted by hotshot GIs and this needs to be recorded in history. No offense, SAS. Most of the histories of the Italian Campaign are Brit, and I am tired of the phrase: "according to plan".
@AsherYeshurun6 ай бұрын
These guys were feared in AFRICA for the lightning cladestine attacks they carried out and am sure the Germans had many a sleepless nights as a result.
@rasputin19175 күн бұрын
The music is way too loud and interferes with the narration
@rodneywalls61454 ай бұрын
Music way to loud ...
@fanroche85736 ай бұрын
Women too not just men.
@markrunnalls72156 ай бұрын
Bloody brilliant story .. Have heard of this story told by Damien Lewis ,it's an amazing account ...
@patrickweaver7395Ай бұрын
SAS Beret's are tan, not the maroon of the Paras.
@wor53lg5013 күн бұрын
I should imagine its a Subliminal Nod to Farran, and 6 para....
@ARTSPRAYUK8 күн бұрын
They did wear maroon latter on, my Grandfather was number 1 squadron 2nd SAS
@MarcMatthijs2 ай бұрын
Music much too loud
@adoramus6 ай бұрын
what about Polish troops which fought against Germans and Fascist Italians in 2nd Polish Corps?!
@SimpleLifeThailand6 ай бұрын
I started to watch, but the constant dramatic music and the narrator's tone were too distracting. Either I will read about this story or try find a less dramatised version.
@olddrummer19426 ай бұрын
Almost impossible to watch and listen with the overbearing, insipid music drowning out the narration. Why do all the you tubers seem to think that loud music should be included in a story they post? If this is the History Channel, they should be ashamed of the production.
@godschild36406 ай бұрын
IN MÉXICO
@peterschmidt75434 ай бұрын
The near everlasting source of glory stories WW2 and the German Nazies.
@Roz-y2d3 ай бұрын
You sound unimpressed and resentful, I can’t think why! 🤣😂😅🇬🇧👍🏻❤️
@peterschmidt75433 ай бұрын
@@Roz-y2d At least u figured that one out…
@Standing.W.Israel5 ай бұрын
"The italians switched sides" 😂😂 yeah, I bet they did.... probably only officially after they executed Mousalilnl.
@fredflintstoner5965 ай бұрын
Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam ." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window ? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?
@colonelfustercluck4863 күн бұрын
I always loved that episode!!! And 'The Norwegian Blue", and that one about how tough it was when we grew up !!!
@markcostello4844Ай бұрын
there is no more google
@EdwardPeter15 ай бұрын
SAS ACTUALLY ORIGINated from the Long Range Desert Group of North Afica fame! These were i think SOE, Churchill's inventions!!
@paulgbar6663 ай бұрын
No they djdnt6. The SAS and LRDG were separate entities. However if was realised that combining would be more effective
@ARTSPRAYUK8 күн бұрын
Sas we're recruited from many regiments, it's likely many came from LRDG however the SAS was not derived from the LRDG
@christopherhinton64565 ай бұрын
but he got partizans together.
@arunsellathurai84832 ай бұрын
Disturbing background sounds. Very annoying.
@LeveretteJamesClifford19556 ай бұрын
Really interesting ad in this video of the word salad queen Kamila Harris asking for donations to the campaign. What makes it interesting is that she does not use word salad to ask for donations.
@JulianVanStout5 ай бұрын
Are you using AI to create your thumbnails? I keep noticing "wwII-ish" American soldiers on videos that are clearly about British/Commonwealth units. Not complaining out wounded national pride, just to point out that it makes your videos look like all the other half researched, clickbait titles that flood your stream when youtube learns you have an interest in history.