SAS Founder: Warrior or Phoney?
Dan Snow's History Hit
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David Sterling - The Great Guorilla Fighter of the Second World War
i am revising the revisionist. The revisionist being david sterling, who has got away for more than half a century with this portrayal of himself as a daring, dashing guerilla genius. And that is not the case. Let's talk about what we think we know about David sterling. Characterize his reputation. For me, his reputation is one of the most fearless guorilla fighters of the second world war,. perhaps of british history. A man who obviously founded the s a s and then led it fearlessly throughout the western desert from november 19 forty one until his capture on january forty three. He was great at selling the idea of himself as
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