From: Derek Fulton <derekfulton@b...>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 07:53:33 +1100
Subject: Birth of SAS was Re: [OT]Nukes... tunnels.... boom....
> At 09:25 11/03/02 -0600, Alan wrote: Not surprising as this is where the POST-WAR SAS came into being. During WW2 the SAS had moved from the desert to Northen Europe moving ahead of the British part of the allied forces. But at the end of the War in Europe the SAS along with a lot of other wartime establishments was 'demob'ed. Cheers
From: Brian Bilderback <bbilderback@h...>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:01:42 -0800
Subject: Re: Birth of SAS was Re: [OT]Nukes... tunnels.... boom....
> Derek Fulton wrote: > - Guerrilla war in Malaya, 1954-57: British troops involved in a During > WW2 the SAS had moved from the desert to Northen Europe moving ahead of > From my reading on the SAS in this conflict, they did a hell of a job. One frightening but later amusing incident involved a group of troopers creeping up on the "Enemy" only to find themselves being charged by an enraged asian elephant without enough time to turn and shout it. They had to dodge trees and keep running until it gave up. 2B^2