It focused on operating behind enemy lines to attack the armed forces of the Axis powers. In real life, the SAS was founded by Scottish British army officer David Stirling, played by Connor Swindells, with the unit operating as a commando unit within the British Army.
Rogue Heroes is based on the creation of the real Special Air Service during World War II in 1941. Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.30in - 0.90in - 0.Alfie Allen, Connor Swindells and Jack O'Connell in as Jock Lewes, David Stirling and Paddy Mayne in "Rogue Heroes," which tells the true story of the founding of the British Army's Special Air Service unit during World War II.
Bringing his keen eye for detail to a riveting wartime narrative, Ben Macintyre uses his unprecedented access to the SAS archives to shine a light on a legendary unit long shrouded in secrecy Book Details Defying his superiors' conventional wisdom, Stirling assembled a revolutionary fighting force that would upend not just the balance of the war, but the nature of combat itself.
Where most of his colleagues looked at a World War II battlefield map and saw a protracted struggle, Stirling saw an opportunity: given a small number of elite men, he could parachute behind Nazi lines and sabotage their airplanes and supplies. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The incredible untold story of World War II's greatest secret fighting force, as told by the modern master of wartime intrigue-now a limited series on Epix! "Reads like a mashup of The Dirty Dozen and The Great Escape, with a sprinkling of Ocean's 11 thrown in for good measure."-Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - " Rogue Heroes is a ripping good read."- Washington Post (10 Best Books of the Year) Britain's Special Air Service-or SAS-was the brainchild of David Stirling, a young aristocrat whose aimlessness belied a remarkable strategic mind.
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