- The British SAS formation invented Colonel David Stirling during planet War II. He came up with the thought of organizing small, four-man troops that would operate in the distant rear of the enemy according to the expression "hit and run"
- SAS commandos participated in the most crucial conflicts after planet War II, in which the British were involved. The full planet heard of them erstwhile they liberated the Iranian embassy in London in front of the cameras.
- This elite unit is celebrated for its murderous training. Candidates must pass, among others, a 25-kilogram backpack of 80 km in 20 hours, and at the end they pass a test of endurance for being tortured. Whoever survives goes to SAS
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Special Air Service (SAS) is an elite unit of the United Kingdom, whose origins date back to planet War II. Colonel David Stirling joined the British Army after the war broke out. erstwhile he found out that Colonel Robert Laycock was forming a commando team, he joined him. So in February 1941 he took part in failed landing actions in Rhodes and Crete. After the fiasco, the group was dissolved, and the British with a broken leg went to a infirmary in Cairo.
The military did not abandon the lofty thought of creating elite peculiar forces. Stirling wanted to organize a unit that could operate in tiny groups, utilizing elements of surprise and mobility to carry out attacks on enemy strategical targets and fast return (the alleged "hit and flee" tactic).
David Stirling without the cognition of his superiors and without a pass snuck out of the military infirmary and infiltrated the British forces' office in Cairo. He presented his thought in July 1941 to General Claude Auchinleck, who agreed to recruit about 60 soldiers. This is how L Detachment, peculiar Air Service Brigade was formed.
SAS commandos constructed their own explosives
One of the first to enter the unit were the defender Jock Lewes and erstwhile Irish rugby typical Robert “Paddy” Mayne (both with experience in combat in Africa). The erstwhile even invented light explosives, the alleged Lewes bombs, for group purposes. The cargo, consisting of explosives and diesel, was easy to transport, allowing tiny sabotage teams to usage it.
During the exercise, large emphasis was placed on the ability to skydiving and extraordinary endurance. Stirling conceived that members of SAS would operate in four-man teams, while another British peculiar forces had at least 12-man troops.
First SAS mission and first flop
SAS performed his first operation after 3 months of training. At night from 16 to 17 November 1941, the formation carried out an attack on Italian-German airports in Gazala and Timimi. The mission ended in disaster due to strong opposition of enemy troops and adverse weather conditions. As a result, as many as 22 soldiers died or were taken prisoner. The British had a serious problem with the started Italian-German offensive on Egypt, which is why Stirling got approval to rapidly rebuild the team.
Keating / WikipediaSAS branch in the desert in Libya – 1943.
Germany in Africa called SAS "the ghost patch"
As the regular message says, despite the failure in early December 1941, the SAS branch set off for Libya again. This time it went much better: the commandos destroyed 60 aircraft. Unfortunately, Lewes died in combat.
Over time, the group was getting better at fighting. The Germans even began to call them “the ghost patch” and formed a peculiar unit they called “antiSAS”. It was her members who captured Stirling in 1943, who spent the remainder of the war in a prison camp. The fresh commander was “Paddy” Mayne. Shortly after that, the peculiar unit was reformed and after planet War II it was dissolved.
SAS created a fresh parachute jump method before the mission in Asia
The British rapidly understood their mistake. After the war, the empire needed an individual who would be able to discreetly execute effective action in the rear of the enemy. Therefore, SAS was resumed in 1947.
A year later, there were communists in Malaya who favored China. The rubber and zinc-rich area was crucial for London. As the Elite UK Frocese portal writes, in 1950 SAS forces were sent to Asia to halt them. To this end, commandos had to make a fresh method of air landing among dense tropical forests.
Soldiers were trained to usage 30-meter ropes to climb off treetops, even head down. This allowed them to unexpectedly appear in hard accessible places, amazingly confused enemies.
SAS cleared Iran's embassy of terrorists in 20 minutes.
SAS' most celebrated operation was the Nimrod action, which was all broadcast on British television. On 5 May 1980, SAS commandos were tasked with releasing hostages held at the Iranian embassy in London by terrorists from the Democratic Front of the Revolutionary Liberation of Arabians.
The operation began after a six-day siege of the embassy, during which 26 hostages fell into the hands of terrorists. The commandos needed only 17 minutes to take the building by storm. They managed to release 24 hostages. 5 out of six terrorists and 2 prisoners were killed during the action.
How do SAS units presently train?
According to the popular discipline portal “Focus”, the training of SAS branches is 1 of the most hard in the world. During first training, candidates for SAS must run with full back equipment 6 km in 30 minutes. In the next test, candidates are tasked to sail a kilometer with equipment in 30 minutes. The final phase is to beat with a 25-kilogram backpack of 80 km in 20 hours.
There's a tunnel full of water and mud waiting for volunteers. erstwhile you go down the ladder, a metallic hatch slams. The candidate, in order to survive, must go through the sticky goo. Not many do. They only give the best exam.
SAS training for being tortured
SAS commandos are besides being tortured. According to the large past portal, during this brutal training, soldiers are exposed to simulated torture conditions to prepare them mentally and physically for possible real situations. The goal is to teach commandos how to deal with pain, stress and force to not betray the information of state weight.
British Armed Forces / WikipediaSAS symbol. The motto of the formation is the words “Who Dares Wins”. This can be translated as “who dares, wins”
The best ones decide where they want to go. The others are assigned to 1 of 4 specialised formations: mountain, air, air or transport.
