David Stirling: SAS hero or fraud?
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The Myth of Our Sterling, Thea This Dare Devil and Am
Paddy maine was in number 11 scottish commando. He'd been forced out because he'd had an argument with geffrey keys, and had actually pushed him. Paddy maine would not have joined the s a s without bill sterling as his emotional crutch. Of 55 men who went on that operation, 34 were killed or captured. And of cou that first s operation, they were advised by the eighth army, not to continue with it,. The weather coincided with one of the fiercest tropical storms for nearly half a century.
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