Great SAS Missions - Season 1 Episode 1 Birth of the SAS
As the Panzers of Rommel's Afrika Korps swept the British back into Egypt in 1941, a young commando lieutenant, David Stirling, persuaded his superiors to allow him to set up a special deep-penetration unit which could cause havoc behind enemy lines. Its first mission was a disaster but soon Stirling and the mavericks he had gathered proved that they had a valuable covert role to play.
- Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
- Studio: Channel 5
- Keyword: world war ii, british army, falklands war, special air service (sas), desert storm, adolf hitler
- Cast: Robert Powell
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