David Stirling: SAS hero or fraud?
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The Sa S Was a Great Force in the Wartime Ss
Anne of maine and the ssays, at this time, i have interviewed about 60 or 70 veterans of the war time s a s. And one of the things that did strike me was that they spoke with reverence of paddy maine. They were in awe of maine, and he took great care of his men, and he would never risk their lives. A bit of a misconception that he was a he was reckless. He wasn't. The long range desert group, who were the pioneers of o british special forces in the second world war, became more and more exasperated with stirling's rather cavalier approach.
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