Paddy Mayne was literally a force all on his own.

@rev7verse14

4 ай бұрын

Born in my home town

@Nigel-wu5lj

3 ай бұрын

He liked a pint. Should have taken a taxi home from the pub on that fateful night. What a guy.

@Scratch771

3 ай бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_Mayne Nasty fucker. Damn glad he was on the right side :).

@carloakley5367

2 ай бұрын

He was sas and Moore

@ryanfisher5376

Ай бұрын

Have you read 'SAS: Forged in Hell'? Absolutely mad! Saved 200 concentration camp victims with a couple of Willis jeeps and the French Foreign Legion by hijacking a train. Unbelievably daring!

02:44 - The SAS are who every special forces team is based on. I highly recommend you watch a recent BBC show called SAS Rogue Heroes that focuses on the founding & early missions of the SAS, written by the same guy that did Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight. I believe they're working on the second season at the moment. 07:40 - The main difference between SIS branches is that MI5 focuses more on national interests & MI6 does so on an international level.

@uingaeoc3905

6 ай бұрын

MI5 is the Security Service which is for UK and MI6 is the Secret Intelligence Service for overseas espionage.

@akyhne

6 ай бұрын

Special forces have been around for thousands of years. SAS wasn't even the first special forces in WWII. That credit goes to the Commandos, specially trained UK troups. However, SAS is credited for being the first modern trained special forces.

@neobliviscarisa650

6 ай бұрын

@@akyhne Firstly, commandos were/are not SF. They are elite infantry units. Secondly, the SBS were before the SAS by one year.

@c-1802

4 ай бұрын

@@akyhne the germans were using special operations units before the West. In fact, special operations have been around since Roman times. the SBS were formed before the SAS.. both regiments were formed with 2 Commando soldiers which was an army unit

@johnbarrettithinkheinvente4638

4 ай бұрын

Australia film about their SAS in Vietnam war the last angry shot

The 1970s were the worst part of "The Troubles". Our Mum was a Teacher at a school on an Army camp. One day the IRA managed to get an explosive device onto a coach taking the families of soldiers to the camp. One of those killed was a seven year old little girl in her class. She absolutely HATED the provisional IRA after that. And we didn't blame her.

18:00 "People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf" Richard Grenier (attrib. George Orwell).

By the way it’s just the SAS, not the British SAS. They were the first, so no designation is required. Everyone that follows has to designate which other country’s SAS they are.

@johnbarrettithinkheinvente4638

5 ай бұрын

Long Range Desert Patrol was the start of the Regiment

@MortonBartlett-yy3cn

5 ай бұрын

Yep ours is 1NZSAS

@Scaleyback317

Ай бұрын

Hence the Belgian SAS (put together by Mad Mike Calvert who also resurrected the SAS in Malaya and of Chindit column fame) Nowadays I believe they have evolved into merely an airborne unit rather than what Calvert formed them to be. Could be wrong about that though and if so I hope somebody will post and educate me.

@JohnWilson-cb8nh

9 күн бұрын

@@Scaleyback317 yur out %40

@Scaleyback317

9 күн бұрын

​​@@JohnWilson-cb8nhHappy to find Calvert's baby is still alive and kicking no matter the percentage.

It's the absolute British understatement of go make a nuisance of themselves! During their exploits in WW2 they were without equipment so went and stole a whole camp including a piano! Our guys actually train a lot of the world's special forces! This is why we just shake our heads people in US says they have the best military! We also have the Gurkha's the Paras and the SBS Speak softly ( diplomacy) but carry a big stick ( SAS)

@domgarwell5581

6 ай бұрын

The SBS is just as capable as the SAS, but the SBS can walk on water...

@stevehartley7504

6 ай бұрын

Unlike a certain country we don't have to shout about it We have the best so we pick from the best! The US has good toys but we know how to use them and discriminate targets not ask questions later Proud of out Forces 👍😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and NI can't see flag So 🇬🇧

@MortonBartlett-yy3cn

5 ай бұрын

Believe that was one of our bases ( NZ), buggers still haven't paid the bill for items acquired 😂😂😂

@mothmagic1

3 ай бұрын

@@MortonBartlett-yy3cn 😄 You don't think we're likely to now do you?😄

@MortonBartlett-yy3cn

3 ай бұрын

Nah not really 😁😁

The escape of Chris Ryan into Syria is known as "The one that got away"

The SAS were/are not spies in the conventional sense (although they do conduct surveillance and undercover operations). Instead they are highly trained, highly skilled, specialist soldiers - the best of the best, with many called but few chosen - who conduct military operations, including hostage rescue, sabotage, target-guidance, counter-terrorism, reconnaissance and more.

Known a couple of serving SAS and a few ex SAS. One of my work colleagues was SAS - a really decent guy, he never once talked about his service. The only thing I noticed was his walk - really hard to describe, it was neither fast or slow but following him across different sites, I realised it was just constant, like he could walk for ever. I know it sounds weird, but there you go!

SAS: Rogue Heroes is a BBC TV historical drama series (6 episodes) released in 2022. The 'Rotten Tomatoes' review reported an approval rating of 100%. It is a brilliant series and well worth watching.

@fififlickfi2525

4 ай бұрын

Just binge watched for the second time, love it. Love reading about the SAS, would recommend’Operation Certain Death’ when SAS went into Sierra Leone to rescue 11 British soldiers and one Sierra Leone Officer, they were kidnapped by the West Side Boys. At the time there were thousands of UN soldiers there, who were incapable of doing anything!

@gdok6088

4 ай бұрын

@@fififlickfi2525Thanks for the recommendation. I will definitely look out 'Operation Certain Death'. You've also made me decide to salve the urge I've had for a while to binge watch SAS: Rogue Heroes for a 2nd time!

MI5 is domestic, MI6 is foreign

@tobytaylor2154

6 ай бұрын

Spy catchers and spies

@vaughanwilliamson5401

6 ай бұрын

I thought 1 catches spy's and the other 1 makes them

@revbenf6870

6 ай бұрын

Or in US terms, Dept for Homeland Security (MI5) and CIA (MI6), although MI5 have some similar functions to the FBI too.

@colinowen7730

6 ай бұрын

The difference between M15 and the M 16 is 1 🙃

@revbenf6870

6 ай бұрын

@@colinowen7730 🤣

Iranian Embassy.. 5th May 1980.. 'Operation Nimrod'.. 6 floors.. 54 rooms.. 5 terrorists killed.. 1 captured.. 19 hostages rescued.. 1 killed by terrorists during raid. Raid duration.. officially 17mins.. unofficially 11mins.

My partners Grandad joined a year after it was formed. Till the end of the war, then went back to the Paras. But I'm very sure that wasn't the end of it, and he was still involved in the 1970s. He had a reputation for never getting caught. I've got all his SAS stuff. Including beret. And awards. Out of all his stuff, he had a newspaper cutting. 12 SAS took on 3000 Germans and killed 1500. Only 2 SAS survived. No reason not to think he wasn't one of the 2.

@mothmagic1

3 ай бұрын

Would seem logical.

@Scaleyback317

Ай бұрын

My late uncle (ex Glosters) joined the SAS in Malaya during the emergency. Never really got the chance to sit and talk with him which is my loss but I've met those since who served with him both in the SAS and the Gloucesters and the words mean/nasty/scary/hard/ruthless/reliable seemed to be recurring themes.

MI5 are internal operations, MI6 are international.

@julianbarnes8737

4 ай бұрын

Yes. MI5 is like the FBI and MI6 the CIA. Not an exact comparison but adequate.

MI6 is for operations outside the UK. MI5 is for homeland operations

MI stands for Military Intelligence. They had MI 1-5; each one for each continent . It became obvious over time they needed a counter intelligence organisation that became MI6. After the world became ‘smaller’ due to different alliances and better communications; MI1-5 were amalgamated to form MI5 and MI6 wasn’t renamed.

@jamessmith671

4 ай бұрын

MI5 focuses on UK intelligence gathering only, MI6 focuses on world intelligence gathering both services support allied countries one world threats.

When the SAS were first formed Sterling took his men to their new base, there was nothing there not a thing. When they asked about tents, food ect he told them if they wanted it to go and find it! The men raided the base of a unit serving at the front and almost stripped it bare, they ever stole a piano from the officers mess lol

@charlesbronson1959

Ай бұрын

John Steel Lewes.

I did selection with 23 in the 80s it was the hardest thing I ever did and I met lots of regs from 22 and they are just a different league grey men you would see them in a pub or out you would never think what they were about best SF in the world

MI5 operate in the UK, MI6 operate internationally

@halcroj

6 ай бұрын

For MI5, think FBI/Homeland Security, any anti-terrorist unit. For MI6, think CIA, foreign intelligence gathering.(Not James Bond - he doesn't exist anymore.)

@davidroberts4398

5 ай бұрын

​@@halcroj007 shall rise again, from the Dead???.

The Navy Seals are commandos, similar to the British Royal Marines. The US equivalent of the SAS is Delta Force. The SAS have been invloved in some sort of combat mission every year since 1952 apart from 1967. They are almost certainly currently in Yemen calling in airstrikes against the Hoofies and generally making a nuisance of themselves.

My uncle was in the SOE/SAS during WW2. I met him and got to know him in his 70s, I discovered by accident he was SAS. He never discussed it, never divulged anything he had been involved in and, being in the Armed services myself, I never asked him. With what I know about WW2 and from things he said, I worked out he was in North Africa, Norway, Normandy and Arnhem……often wondered where else he may have gone.

MI5 is internal, MI6 is external security. MI6 = 007 I perceive the worst time of the Irish conflict as the 1970s. When working in Saudi, near the Oman border, we were "visited" by some bearded guys who spoke excellent English and just enquired what we were doing close to the Oman border. Not saying they were SAS, but I think so.

If this young Yank has any interest in the SAS he might also be interested in "Death on the Rock." It sounds Agatha Christie`sque, but is an account of very recent British Political and Military History in `Gibraltar sur Spain.`

Clement Atlee is widely regarded as one of the great Prime Ministers of the UK. He defeated Churchill in the post WWII general election because Churchill wanted more of the same i.e. Empire, UK on the world stage. The reality was our soldiers were returning with broken bodies and minds, to a country smashed apart by 6 years of war and they wanted something better. Attlee's Labour party promised a better future and delivered it. His biggest achievement was the NHS - healthcare for all, free at the point of delivery, and the welfare state, from cradle to grave. Yes there were huge defence cuts but after the end of WWII, our national debt was at a ratio of over 200% of GDP - the simple truth is cuts would have had to be made whoever was in government. The reality also was the British Empire was coming to an end morally, politically, and financially as it was unaffordable.

@jackethangs5570

6 ай бұрын

Remember though, it was Atlee who made the decision that meant the UK was 3rd at the nuclear table after the US and Soviet Union (apparently to Churchill's surprise when he got back in as PM).

@RichP879

6 ай бұрын

@@jackethangs5570 Probably not a bad thing. Certainly not a significant thing - we were never going to be a super-power long term anyway. The rest of the world caught up with us and had bigger population sizes.

@exsappermadman25055

6 ай бұрын

Churchill was seen as a war leader and rightly so. When the war was over Atlee promised house's and employment. The two most basic needs after a war like that one. Winston got his second term later...

@greenspringy1

6 ай бұрын

We have much to thank our Military personnel for , most of which we know nothing about . God bless them

@davidkennedy7743

6 ай бұрын

Attlee the genius who gave jet engines to the soviets

You should check out how the SAS are trained, it's brutal which is why they are the best of the best.

@jamesthompson6673

5 ай бұрын

They were psychopaths with brains

@johnbarrettithinkheinvente4638

5 ай бұрын

Did selection for the reserves in the early 80s the don't push you to do anything they just tell you you are here and we want you to go there if you do they just send you to the next rv and regularly weigh your gear you will be expected to be able to read a map 60 started 5 finished if you need to be shouted at don't bother

@martin-cheers

4 ай бұрын

Well true, however people mostly tend to think about hard training and extreme level of physical condition when thinking of special forces. In reality there is a lot of other things going into it. They need a deep knowledge of many topics to be able to operate under different conditions, they need to be excellent with weapons and their tactical skills and precision has to be trained to be top notch.

In Ireland, you could say the war of independence would be the 'height' of tensions between GB and Ireland, it was a war after all (1919-1921). I'm going to assume you mean during The Troubles in N.Ireland which was between 1960's - late 1990's. With the worst of the violence peaking in 1972 when nearly 500 people, just over half of them civilians, were killed, the worst year in the entire conflict.

Paddy Maine was recommended for the VC. Unfortunately he often drank too much and punched higher officers, so he was only awarded the MC, five times!

US Delta force is based on the SAS. The SBS does the same SF selection then seperates and is similar to Seal Team 6.

Really enjoy your videos you should react to more uk special forces videos we also have the SBS aswell as the SAS both tier 1 units , SAS are army , SBS navy , both units do exactly the same selection process over 6months with continuation training afterwards , the selection roughly has a 95% fail rate

You do have to be a certain sort of person to become an SAS soldier. They are absolutely bad ass.

@exsappermadman25055

6 ай бұрын

Spot on, not a certain kind of soldier, certain kind of person. The training is mental...

@usha9807

6 ай бұрын

@@exsappermadman25055 is it ever, bloody brutal.

@exsappermadman25055

6 ай бұрын

@usha9807 I'll stick with the Sapper training, thank's!...If you want to go double elite though, SAS Gurkhas...

@usha9807

6 ай бұрын

@@exsappermadman25055 my dad worked with the gurkas, he thought they were brilliant, they even taught him how to make a kick ass curry!

@exsappermadman25055

6 ай бұрын

@usha9807 I was in the building next to the Sapper Gurkhas, they trained on Sundays with no NCO's in sight when we where all going to the NAFFI for toast and tea!...They are the regular British army's SAS...Not one soldier has anything but deep respect for them..

Google Obi wan Nairobi

I have actually been to Timimi (3:01), in Libya in 1967 - I was there for six months in all... I don't remember much about it having a town as such at the time but I did meet several SAS soldiers who came to collect spares for weapons and vehicles and I even drove a Land Rover to a location they were to pick it up in exchange for a Half Track which I had to then take back to Timimi. There no one there to meet me just the half-track so, I swapped them over and drove back.

JEREMY CLARKSON HAS DONE TWO VIDEOS ABOUT WW2 THAT I KNOW OF. THE FIRST IS 'VICTORIA CROSS; FOR VALOUR' ( it's VERY good) BUT THE OTHER ONE IS ABOUT THE CREATION OF THE COMMANDOS AND THEIR FIRST RAID. ITS CALLED 'THE GREATEST RAID OF ALL TIME' also VERY good. Both have original WW2 footage. These videos are so interesting you may like to react to them. If you do, pick the full versions. If you do react to these, do the Victoria Cross one first and you will know the references to it made in the Greatest Raid video.

@xlerb_again_to_music7908

6 ай бұрын

Genuinely awsome videos....

@louislami

6 ай бұрын

he as reacted to those already

check out operation Ninrod . Operation certain death and the Battle of Mirbat . Then you will know how badass the SAS are x 1972 was the bloodiest year of the Troubles . i think

@tobytaylor2154

6 ай бұрын

Here's a short documentary about that war, interviewing British service personal and a British mercenary, the B.A.T.T team are mentioned and cruise by in a jeep, if you know your sas history, you'll know who's in that jeep, including one legend. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eXuBusGoctOqe7Q.htmlsi=OJLdARQHjeQL7SNX

I am ex military, RAF. I've been fortunate to know two SAS men. One joined in WW2 after the Desert Campaign, and was ny Dad's neighbour. He had many fascinating stories, including the almost mutiny on their disbandment. The other man was in during the late 50's and 60's. Really nice chap again with some very interesting tales.

There's a really good series about this about, it's called " Rogue Heroes".

Clement Atlees Labour party with their Health minister Anueren Beven created the NHS, total heroes. Enough said!

One of those films I can always watch is Who Dares Wins, made I think, after the embassy siege in London where we saw men from the SAS dressed in black and balaclavas storming the embassy. I think, Lewis Collins who starred in it, did the SAS training after he made the film. Correct me if I’m wrong.

@tobytaylor2154

6 ай бұрын

Yes, he was on 22 sas selection but taken off due to him being well known it was pretty much pointless. He was in the paras, and took the territorial route through the forces, actor during the day, soldier at night and weekends.

@rstrawbury9087

4 ай бұрын

Lewis Collins passed 21 SAS Selection process, not 22 SAS but he could not proceed further due to his well known celebrity statues, thou he shown great potential to go much further. "Who Dares Wins" film was actually made due to the Iranian embassy siege sucsess. Along with the stunt men, many of the SAS characters were actually SAS and the film was in part, a PR stunt to recruit further soldiers to try for Selection. SAS were quite peed off with one scene that gave away a SAS method/technique. The scene was Lewis Collins family home, where the SAS breached the walls via the next door neighbour home.

Great reaction mate. Cheers from OZ!

When i worked in Libya we always had one ex SAS guy on site for security. When the revolution came, the SAS guy organized the evacuation. For all the companies in libya. 14 planes in total. To our site two planes came to evacuate the foreigners. A british one and a german one since it was a german company. People from other companies in that area flew with the two planes as well. I was just one week off and at home on my normal on off schedule so i missed that stressful evacuation. But 8 months later we were back at work.

Chris Ryan's "The one that got away" is a must read and is a bit of a reply to "Bravo two zero" written by Andy McNab.

Read the book Bravo Two Zero by Andy Mcnab and also The One That Got Away by Chris Ryan. And check out a series called Soldier A-Z. All excellent reads.

Worst year in NI was probably 1972 though 87 was almost as bad. Then there's the Mainland "Spectaculars" eg Brighton, Manchester or Canary Wharfe that are videos in themselves.

@dasilvarama

6 ай бұрын

I’m old enough to have been (just) alive for the Birmingham pub bombings in 74 (I was two, but my parents were out in the town the night after at a company do with the people dad was working for. They described the absolute carnage) I was at college (for Connor) Salford Uni when Manchester was bombed - we were walking in for lectures when the first went off and we thought “WTF!?” but being a technical university, in Manchester we realised that level of sound was too loud and long for gunfire, too short for earthquake, too quiet for thunder so figured it out darned quick. Then the second during mid-morning and an extra level of police response. So glad the warning came through in time for that summers’ bomb came through ok (as that’s why so many died in Birmingham) - a friend, pregnant at the time, was on her way into work in the Arndale when police stopped the buses. Funnily enough, one of our coursemate’s dads was in IT in London, the city trade on that front was going through a severe lull as everyone had just had new kit so there was no sales movement, but the company he was with got the contract to resupply Canary Wharf, which saw home through to retirement! Connor - if you think of our Commandos as your Seals, then the SAS like Seal Team 6. Roughly. I’ve known a couple of guys. They tend not to tell their stories, not to Joe Public. Some might summarise them and publish them after the fact, as something to keep them going once they leave (and be assured, it will all be heavily vetted!) as the government contract to look after their veterans seems to be worthless, no matter what colour flag is being waved by the PM of the day.

Another great vid! Look up these 2 clandestine special forces of the British secret service: E squadron & SRR. Incredibly secretive and operatives can only come from other U.K. special forces - (specifically chosen). They report solely to MI6 & are the closest thing we’re getting to 007😅 Keep ‘em coming

You should check out videos of Blair 'Paddy' Mayne. He was the Commander (& 1 of the founding members) of the SAS. He was crazy, brave & an exceptional Soldier. He took part in loads missions that were suicidal.

And then Obi-wan Nairobi done his business and everyone forgot about the 🦭s 😂

You should watch Who Dares Wins, it's a bit cheesey but it's about the embassy siege and it's a good watch.

@DavidDoyleOutdoors

5 ай бұрын

dont think ive see that one, but i watched "6 days" on netflix about the same thing, it was quite good

@Michael-yq2ut

5 ай бұрын

@@DavidDoyleOutdoors it's a 1980s movie with Lewis Collins

In the 1920's,Eamon de Velera and Michael Collins were fighting for a United Ireland and much bloodshed was spilled.

There are multiple YT video's out there documenting recent SAS and SBS operations around the world. There are further Special Forces units attached to 22 Squadron Special Air Service, namely the SRR unit and the highly secretive E Squadron also known as the increment! Check out the video's circulating about the solitary SAS operator nicknamed OBI 1 NAIROBI.

After an exchange one of your green berets took training methods back to the US - to form Delta Force.

The LRDG had some of the finest night navigators in the world, the SAS nicked em. They could navigate their way to any point in a featureless desert at night using the stars.

You will not get more tougher than Paddy Mayne .

@MrGettysburg44

6 ай бұрын

He should have been awarded a VC.

@bertiescunsbutch9323

6 ай бұрын

Agreed.👍

The navey seals were based mostly on The Special Boat Squadron of the Royal Marines but now are a separate unit called the Special Boat Service. DELTA FORCE and other US Army Special Forces were based on the SAS

Thanks for another good video. Don't know if you've heard of it, but there's a British drama called ultimate force you might like to watch on a rainy day. Its based on the SAS. Now you know about the embassy seige etc you'll see a lot of similarities on the program. Its on yt so should be easy to find.

“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.” ....George Orwell

07:42 Essentially MI6 deals with issues outside of the U.K. MI5 deals with stuff within the U.K. 10:44 most agree that the seventies were the worst times for the troubles between the IRA and Britain, the eighties too. 17:12 before you ask, yea it was the Ukraine War. Allegedly the SAS were deployed there at the start of the war, tasked with disrupting the Russian operations and training the Ukrainian army in guerrilla warfare and counter insurgency tactics. Allegedly. 18:17 and you really should check out the BBC’s dramatisation of the Bravo Two Zero operation during the first gulf war. It’s on YT. And also check out the story of a single SAS soldier who saved a mall full of civilians in Nairobi I think it was from a s**t load of terrorists! Crazy! kzread.infoqgQXOLcESXE?si=3msIvOdMVvK66dx2

I was informed by my first father-in-law that not everyone in the SAS was a volunteer, some units got folded into them. His unit being one of them after his service as a sneaky beaky sig-int type, behind enemy lines, listening to radios. He was fluent in arabic, russian, german(high and low) & french. Which, having been one, is not normal for the average squaddie. 😂

Probably already covered above but good readibg material. Bravo 2 zero, andy mcnab The 1 that got away, chris ryan Soldier I , by soldier I I am fortunate to live on the edge of one of their training areas and personally know a couple of current/former troopers, they are quiet, unassuming yet confident individuals.

Operation Nimrod was really when the the SAS came into the public eye. Australia and New Zealand also have SAS units

I admire your deep philosophical approach to your subjects, you are both pragmatic and idealistic at the same time... a hard trick to accomplish. Your lack of extremism, and fair mindedness, whilst appreciating the achievements of those who go to extreme lengths to achieve things for the greater good, shows a depth of character not seen too often. Sadly, those qualities seem to be lacking in so many world leaders. They may start off with good intentions, but power often corrupts, then the ego gets in the way. I know I'm not addressing the subject particularly here, suffice to say both the SAS & SBS are awesome, (let's not forget the SEALS here, and other allied special forces), we owe them so much, but my interest here is centred on your reactions Connor. Ever thought of joining the diplomatic corps? 😊 Please keep giving us your special insights into 'the ways of the world'👍🇬🇧🇺🇲

We still hold a higher regard for Australian Forces. Past achievements since the Boer War and including ANZAC Troups in 2 two World Wars. High Command in Whitehall London used ANZACs to do all the "dirty work" before the came in to claim the Glory..🇦🇺

@duncancallum

5 ай бұрын

Don't be stupid they all did a great job during the Wars.

There are plenty vids on KZread about the Iranian Embassy Siege. Definitely worth having a look.

You picked the wrong KZreadr for info on the SAS! There are many more excellent videos on the SAS out there. Best wishes, Colin.

My uncle served in the King's Dragoon Guards in North Africa and I am sure he would have known of these guys.

i remember watching the sas embassy siege live on the news when i was a kid...........also mi5 is like fbi and mi6 is like cia... home and abroad ....... tv series based on the sas starting and early missions worth watching called sas rogue heroes

@user-qx9fy8gu1w

6 ай бұрын

Mi5 is not the same as the FBI you utter clown.. The NCA is the same as the FBI. MI5 is counter espionage 6 is overseas action ie James Bond if you want to go down the TV thing. The CIA do both among other agencies.

It's Delta Force that's based on the SAS. Founded by Charles Beckwith after an exchange tour with the SAS.

A good movie to watch is "who dates wins" about the embasy.

There are videos on KZread showing how S.A.S members are recruited. If you can find one in particular it shows that from around 200 hopefuls (all from within British Forces) only about 15 or so get through to the end of training, which is the toughest in the world. For example, the 1st part consists of a 40mile hike carrying a 50lb backpack & an assault rifle & must be completed in 22 hrs, one second over & you go back to your Regiment, & then it gets worse, much worse, it finishes with those who are left being dumped on a remote Scottish island I think it is, with no food, boots held together with string & tracked by teams with dogs & they have 3 days to get to a certain point. If they get through that they get the S.A.S. cap, put on probation for about 6 months & get specialised training in God knows what. That is why they were the 1st & they are THE best, all other Special Forces Inc Navy Seal, take their training from them. Please check out the video & it will give you the more accurate facts, I'm guessing a bit, but I think I've got most of that right, it's a while since I saw the video.😊

If you want more on SAS search for:- SAS the soldiers story(British tv series where ex sas spoke about ops between 1952-1993) Battle of Mirbat, Assault on Jebel Ahkdar, Operation Barras(rescue of 7 captured british soldiers in sierra leone, also nicknamed operation certain death) As stated search Iranian Embassy siege as some great footage that the news took of it Theres also video accounts omline from the sas themselves on pebble island raid, look up veterans Robin Horsfall, Rusty Firmin and John McAleese who all give great accounts of the 80s SAS Theres plenty of stuff on chris ryan as hes very much embraced being in the public eye being an author not just of his book of his escape called the one that got away but also a couple dozen fiction books.

President George Bush asked the SAS to rescue a cia agent being held by al qaeda because delta force lacked experience. Operation was a success using only 4 SAS soldiers.

Hi, have a look at 'The S.A.S. in Nairobi - January 2019'. In January 2019, four insurgents stormed a Hotel complex in the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi. Attached to a nearby Kenyan Military unit, an S.A.S. trooper was requested to support the Military / Police operation. In the proceeding hours, the S.A.S. soldier facilitated the rescue of many civilians (700) and assisted the Kenyan security forces in neutralising the threat.

There is a book based around the escape - "The one who got away" by Chris Ryan. (He was the one who got away) There is a book by Andy Mcnab called simply Bravo two zero. There was some controversy as a result of both books and differing accounts. Both make for a good read regardless. Make your own mind up.

andy mcnabb wrote a book about it

As far as I'm aware the navy seals weren't modelled form the SAS, but Delta (DEVGRU) were.

70s and early 80s were the worst time in the UK v Ireland troubles. They thing is that very few people ever learn the true history, Same with the Scotland/England wars. They attacked England first in both cases. Only Wales were attacked by England with no justification

We see Churchill as a god !

I was Territorial SAS, Saturday and Sunday soldier ;) oh and Tuesdays ;)

Delta are based on the SAS to this day. All the tier 1 units learn off each other and work together these days. The SAS are though widely respected as the benchmark for hostage rescue and Close Quarter Battle. See the Iranian embassy siege in 1980. As well as the raid on Pebble Island in the Falklands War, which was a World War 2 raid, literally.

Clement Attlee was strong socialist. The reason Churchill was beaten was because the British people felt they needed to rebuild and Labour were the best prospect post war. They nationalised most major industries, created the NHS and as stated, massively reduced defence spending. Attlee was quoted by the Daily Telegraph (about the NHS) that "This will take us halfway to Moscow." The policies they adopted post war took thirty years to correct. But at the time, it was believed the best option.

The photograph at 1:14 Is of one of the most fascinating, flawed, disturbing yet successful military leaders who nobody knows about, who ever existed. I believe he was put forward for 3 VC's and did not get one of them! There are reasons other than his bravery and leadership on the battlefields of Norway/France/Germany/Burma/India which prevented him from probably being the most decorated soldier in British military history. He led a Chindit column, he perfected his hit and run and behind enemy lines prowess in the Norwegain fiasco. He was a middlweight boxing champ, he was a whiskey/brandy destroying machine, he loved violence and killing (his Chindits thought he enjoyed it a little too much!) He set up the Belgian SAS, he set up the Jungle warfare school, He resurrected the SAS in the 1950's after they were disbanded following WW2. He delivered a scathing slap down when remonstrating with Vinegar Joe Stilwell (an American general who was put in command of him in Burma/China (a renowned anti - British US officer who was not fit to lace his boots and was an amatuer on Jungle warfare by comparison. His name was Michael (Mad Mike to those served with him) Calvert. He was an alcoholic probably suffering PTSD, was never happier than when commanding his men and killing Britain's enemies. He was however one thing which the British military establishment could never forgive him for in those rather unenlightened days - he was probably homosexual. The British establishment stained his career and his life with trumped up charges when he was operating in a post war garrison in Germany! Tantamount to him being in a personal hell when all he wanted to do was command, fight and kill Britain's enemies. A fighting brigadier general who enjoyed the fighting a little too much to ever be able to settle as the officer in charge of accommodation or some such. His biography - called simply Mad Mike is an eye opener. A general who just wanted to fight and did so with great enthusiasm, absolute effectiveness, was revered and loved by those he commanded, respected and chosen by Orde Wingate for his ability in battle not necessarily for his ability in a garrison town. I believe he also took the surrender of German forces in Denmark also but I could be wrong on that one.

The movie called Who Dares Wins is about the seige of the Iranian Embassy in London.

Paddy main was hard as a coffin nail. Died drink driving. He liked fighting for fun and played rugby for Ireland. Only the Gukas are/ as hard as him.

1972 was the height of the troubles in NI i believe

these men are legendary and no more then rusty firmin the guy in my tumb nail

Obi-Wan Nairobi, lone SAS operative saving 70 people.

Its what your Rangers are based on. The US Navy Seals are based on our Royal Marine's/Navy equivalent of the SAS, the Special Boat Service (SBS). MI5 = domestic intelligence service: a combination of parts of the FBI and Homeland Security. MI6 = foreign intelligence service: equivalent of the CIA. MI9 = military intelligence. It is very common for people in Military Intelligence to go into MI6 when they leave the military .

November 21st 1974 was a peak of the Troubles as far as many are concerned. The I.R.A. murdered 21 people in Birmingham in the English Midlands with two pub bombs.

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Remember that night, I was performing in a school concert and the headmaster stopped it and asked for any Drs present to make themselves known.

atlee got elected mainly because he promised the nhs immediately churchill on the other hand said the country is skint & as soon as we are solvent again we will implement the beveridge report. the voters however were not prepared to wait.

Try finding pictures, video and information on the British SBS. The naval equivalent of the SAS. Very secretive.

One member of the original SAS was American. The first thing he did after leaving was to form the American Seals. They are or were, an exact copy of the SAS.

The British army wore red madder dye. From a distance you enemy can't count your heads or guns. A red tunic 'bleeds' into the next man's tunic who is stood next to you. So from a distance it's one massive red blob. You only have a rough estimate of who you are up against. Clever.

you need to look at "Operation Barras" September 10, 2000

A member of 1ÑZSAS was first SAS Soldier anywhere to be awarded the VC

The Troubles were probably at their noisiest/bloodiest/nastiest in the early '70's. Others may disagree of course.

I have met them. Ordinary men with extraordinary abilities.

Today he’s viewed as a decent bloke. It was who came after him that messed the country up . We were promised houses and land to come back to for fighting in the world wars . Instead they built council houses and then made them cheaper to buy after living in them for a while . Then we brought them thinking oh what a deal as we thought we were levelling up in the world until the prime minister made us leave our houses to sell them to investors and didn’t compensate us fairly we actually lost money on the houses . We got bent over and bummed by our overlords after giving our lives for them .

We also have an elite SBS, the Special Boat Service. My Son is a Royal Marine Commando. They work with the SBS and the Navy. That where your seals come from. I have a friend who was SAS, I went training with him, I carried 64 kilo in my pack up and down Mountains, ran at full speed with no fluids for 47 miles, became super fit. But on an overhang, he was I. Front of me, I use a two finger lock, he was using one finger, SAS training exercises every tiny part of the body. We never used any ropes, free climbing, I know we could have climbed Coldiz in all training I learnt from the missions of our forces in the War. To be as fit as the best.

The guy who started the US Delta Force was an American who was in the British SAS during WW2.

Unless things have changed greatly over te years, SAS soldiers do not join directly into the regiment, they join from other regiments, the selection process and fitness test is gruelling, but the guys themselves simply look like any other soldier. My ex husband described as SAS member as "a guy who can speak 12 different languages whilst disguised as a bottle of beer"

Difference between MI5 and MI6 is like the difference between FBI and CIA. MI5 focus is domestic whilst MI6 focus is international