S.A.S. or Special Air Service. If anybody knows any good sites thats about the S.A.S. please post. If anyone wants to comment or say anything about the S.A.S please post.
I dont now many about S.A.S, but I know this is one of the greatest secret service of II WW!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/features/sas/sas.shtml
You might want to look at this link. Theres not much on the site, but if you click on the Slideshow, it will give you a brief history of the S.A.S, and there is even a color picture from WW2! 
Also check this one:
http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/specfor/SAS.htm#bh
and: http://www.army.mod.uk/uksf/index.htm (or: http://www.army.mod.uk/uksf/special_forces_soldier_reserve_/sas.htm )
Good post Dani…S.A.S. is the father of all modern special forces. I think they are still the best today.
They were the Original Special Forces.
There seems to be a bit of confusion with some people about their origins but they were a seperate entity from the LRDG and not the same as SOE.
I expect people on here knew that already but it still happens on TV programs today :roll:
The foreign SAS units were formed alongside and fought with the British such as the Australians and Belgians etc.
Ive never heard of the LRDG. The S.O.E. is probably the best secret agents in WW2.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/soe_01.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/soe_training_01.shtml
I HIGHLY reccomend the links above EXPECIALLY the first link. There is alot of information obout the S.O.E. and what they did.
Well the Long Range Desert Group were a specialist recconaisance Unit that operated behind enemy lines in the Deserts of North Africa and I’m sure you’ll find some info if you do a search.
The early SAS raids after their first failed Parachute drop tagged along and learnt from them.
By the way , the SAS wasn’t the first commando.
When they were created by Stirling, other commandos already exist.
You write about the Long Range Desert Group: they were the first created in North Africa. Bye they only had intelligence mission. That’s why Stirling creat he’s own group…for demolition and attack purpose.
Another commando ( a special one) was Popski’s private army. They’ve done quite a lot of things , specially on the rear of the Afrika Korp.
Well Sean Connery was SAS and did a pretty good job storming Alcatraz with Nicholas Cage. :lol: :lol: :lol:
Im refering to the movie “The Rock” if youve never see it.
it was an “alright” movie
For information about the many varied groups running arund the desert spend a few dollars on EBAY and buy a copy of Popski’s Private Army.
PPA predated the SAS and were specialists in long range recce and sabatage.
You could also try google for sad mussies,I’m sure you would get loads of SAS links
A wonderful piece of trivia about the SOE from a UKTV History programme/article :
Scientists working for Britain’s Special Operations Executive equipped its secret agents with several fiendish weapons, including a firearm that could be hidden in a sleeve and a miniature gun disguised as a cigar. But the most unusual SOE “weapon” was surely itching powder. SOE agents contaminated uniforms with itching powder in an attempt to lower morale among selected groups of enemy personnel. U-boat crews were singled out for special attention. At least one operational U-boat had to return to base because the crew believed they were suffering from an acute skin condition that made it impossible for them to concentrate on their work. Itching powder was also placed into condoms destined for use by German servicemen stationed in Norway. Resistance sources reported that the results were extremely uncomfortable for the occupiers…
nice info Reiver, , for the record, I like the pic of ur Grandady as ur Avatar, you said he was in the Luftwaffe?
nice info Reiver, , for the record, I like the pic of ur Grandady as ur Avatar, you said he was in the Luftwaffe?[/quote]
Hi PzKpfw VI Tiger
I think you have me confused with Walther 
My avatar is my father, (yes, I’m that old) in the uniform of the Royal Artillery.
His job, since he served in an ack-ack Battery in WW2, was to try to shoot down Walther’s Grandfather (among others)
nice info Reiver, , for the record, I like the pic of ur Grandady as ur Avatar, you said he was in the Luftwaffe?[/quote]
Hi PzKpfw VI Tiger
I think you have me confused with Walther
My avatar is my father, (yes, I’m that old) in the uniform of the Royal Artillery.
His job, since he served in an ack-ack Battery in WW2, was to try to shoot down Walther’s Grandfather (among others):)[/quote]
oh, dangit, well appolgies, probably not the best thing in the world to mistake a Royal Artillery Officer with a Luftwaffe pilot. thats pretty cool though. My grandpa had a desk job, he only saw a teeney bit of combat. Also, BDLs grandad landed at Omaha beach on Dday, this is kinda like a community of people related to vets.