The Real SAS Rogue Heroes
Warfare
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The SAS has its origins in the North African desert. Formed as 62 commando in July 1941, its purpose was to undertake small-scale raids behind enemy lines. Many of these missions have now been dramatized in the new hit BBC show, SAS Rogue Heroes. To take us through the fact and the fiction behind the SAS history, we have an old friend back on the podcast. Damian Lewis is the number one best-selling author whose books have been translated into over 40 languages worldwide. For decades, he worked as a war on conflict reporter for the world's major broadcasters. And now he's one of the nation's favorite historians of the SAS.
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