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The Phantom Major: The Story of David Stirling and the SAS Regiment

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stars, rounded up for the narration. Robert Whitfield, aka Simon Vance, is simply an amazing reader, neatly portraying Scottish, French, German, and British accents. Augmenting this book, I also watched YouTube videos on David Stirling, SAS. Well, he doesn’t come cheap, but what are you getting for all those points? First off, a Veteran Major is nothing to sniff at in the leadership department, and given how small SAS armies tend to be, there’s a good chance he can activate most of yours in one go with his You Men Snap To!He’s also a powerful force in his own right, with three mates (one of whom is also a Medic), providing a capable little fireteam. As his Mad, Quite Madspecial rule makes him very very difficult to Pin out of usefulness, he can be used very aggressively without too much fear of being bogged down. The Phantom Majoris a fun little rule that can remove models from enemy infantry units beforethe game begins – while one Inexperienced chap isn’t likely to change the outcome of a game, having an expensive Veteran with plenty of kit not take part can be very inconvenient indeed for your opponent, particularly if you can roll well and get a few of them off on guard duty! SAS: Rogue Heroes Cautious when speaking to the Italians, he was “vain and voluble” in conversation with a fellow “captive”, Captain John Richards. Unbeknown to Stirling, Richards was an Anglo-Swiss stool pigeon, Theodore Schurch, who had deserted from the British army and was working for fascist intelligence.

The SAS remind me of fearless mischievous teenagers, seeking danger, excitement, adrenaline, and dares. David has just returned from one raid. He hears about a target and says to his men that sounds fun, who wants to go? If you've really got surprise," said David," you can get away with murder." This was an unintended joke but it made everyone laugh. The hair-raising adventures of David Stirling, the madman behind the SAS". The Daily Telegraph. 31 October 2022 . Retrieved 14 November 2022. Firestarter: In this quest where you and Alex infiltrate Hansen's meeting with the netrunner twins, you'll have the option to either escape with Songbird or help Reed capture her. A moment later Ritchie dismissed the two men. When they found themselves together in the corridor with the door closed behind them, the major gave David a withering look. “I will do my duty no matter how disagreeable,” he said. “But I trust, Stirling, you will not be expecting any favours.”

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This was narrated by Robert Whitfield aka Simon Vance in 2001. He did a good job, but at times he spoke a little too fast for me. I wonder if he was shortening the time for cd purposes. The most important thing was having a doctor capable of doing their work in an emergency. We did have some good doctors who could perform an operation right there in the sand. The Rommel Papers: edited by B. H. Liddell Hart. Rommel’s account of Stirling’s recapture is not accurate.

I’d like to see a different author do this book. This was published in 1958. I would hope there is more material that could be researched and added. And maybe add more about David’s personality and character outside of the SAS. I know that he incurred large gambling debts later in life. That fits. He had to be a gambler to do the things he did. I believe he was a poor student in school. I wonder if he had something like ADD. I’d be happy with a longer book and to read more about some of the other characters. We had a bit of a water ration, maybe two pints every day, and if you could last half the day without having any of it then it made life a little bit more hopeful. There was a lot of suffering for those who failed to reserve water for later in the day. If you drank it earlier, it made you much more thirsty. Business was chiefly with the Gulf States. He was linked, along with Denys Rowley, to a failed attempt to overthrow the Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 1970 or 1971. Stirling was the founder of “ private military company” KAS International, also known as KAS Enterprises. [23]Ritchie began to read. The writing was bad, and every now and then his brow knitted into a frown but he read for ten minutes without moving. Then he looked up and said brusquely, “I think this may be the sort of plan we are looking for. I will discuss it with the commander-in-chief and let you know our decision in the next day or so.” Mortimer, Gavin (20 April 2015). Stirling's Desert Triumph: The SAS Egyptian Airfield Raids 1942. Bloomsbury. p.37. ISBN 978-1-4728-0764-9. General Wavell was not pessimistic. He was convinced it would take some weeks for the Axis to regroup its forces to launch a counter-offensive against the British Army’s vital coastline position at Agheila. In the meantime he reluctantly agreed that a number of British troops and tanks should be diverted to Greece to help meet the new threat. Stirling was educated in England at the Catholic boarding school Ampleforth College. He was part of the Ampleforth Officer Training Corps. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge for a year before going to Paris to become an artist. [2] Second World War and the founding of the SAS [ edit ] Lieutenant Colonel Stirling with Lieutenant Edward McDonald and other SAS soldiers in North Africa, 1943 The tail and fin are simply cut to shape and sanded 1/8in sheet; I top hinged the elevator and didn't have a rudder so didn't have to worry about it! Later the film is cut away where these parts are glued to the fuselage to give a stronger joint.

stars. Great subject, but the book could have used something more. I’d like a different author to do it. A small group burst into the officers’ mess and gunned down the Germans and Italians inside, then destroyed 24 aircraft, fuel tanks, an ammunition dump and a line of telegraph poles.Alleyne, Richard (19 February 2007). "SAS founder's life story to be made into a film". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 2 March 2017. And do you know why you don’t remember me? And why on the other hand I remember you only too clearly?” We felt we were a good lot of chaps together, that’s true, we did feel that. But I don’t know that we felt we were particularly special. Yes, we were pretty unique in one way. We were conscious that we were doing something different from the regular army. In fact, it was Bill Stirling, working in Cairo at the time, who wrote much of the memo and made sure it was read by senior officers. Mortimer notes:

Mclean, Fitzroy (2004). "Stirling, Sir (Archibald) David (1915–1990)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. In mid-1970s, Stirling became increasingly worried that an "undemocratic event" would occur and decided to organise a private army to overthrow the government. He created an organisation called Great Britain 75 and recruited members from the aristocratic clubs in Mayfair; these were mainly ex-military men, and often former SAS members. The plan was that in the event of civil unrest resulting in the breakdown of normal Government operations, they would take over its running. He described this in detail in an interview from 1974, part of which is featured in Adam Curtis's documentary The Mayfair Set, episode 1: "Who Pays Wins". [21]The major listened, his anger swelling visibly. Stirling can still recall the conversation that followed, which went something like this. “Do you remember me, Stirling?” Mike Sadler had been captured along with Stirling in 1943 while trying to cross the Tunisian desert to meet the British-American 1st Army.

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