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Lord Shimi Lovat
"During Operation Overlord, the D Day landings, he led the Special Service Brigade at Sword Beach and then successfully captured Pegasus Bridge, accompanied by his piper Bill Millin. Brutal fighting...
Lord Shimi Lovat
"During Operation Overlord, the D Day landings, he led the Special Service Brigade at Sword Beach and then successfully captured Pegasus Bridge, accompanied by his piper Bill Millin. Brutal fighting...
Lord 'Shimi' Lovat
"During Operation Overlord, the D Day landings, he led the Special Service Brigade at Sword Beach and then successfully captured Pegasus Bridge, accompanied by his piper Bill Millin. Brutal fighting...
Lord 'Shimi' Lovat
"During Operation Overlord, the D Day landings, he led the Special Service Brigade at Sword Beach and then successfully captured Pegasus Bridge, accompanied by his piper Bill Millin. Brutal fighting...
Krystyna Skarbek
"described by those who knew her as the "bravest of the brave" and SOE Spymaster Vera Atkins described Skarbek as "very brave, very attractive, but a loner and a law...
Krystyna Skarbek
"described by those who knew her as the "bravest of the brave" and SOE Spymaster Vera Atkins described Skarbek as "very brave, very attractive, but a loner and a law...
Freddie Spencer Chapman
"for three and a half years during the second world war, this unassuming adventurer-naturalist lived behind Japanese lines in the jungles of Malaya, blowing up trains, bridges and enemy soldiers,...
Freddie Spencer Chapman
"for three and a half years during the second world war, this unassuming adventurer-naturalist lived behind Japanese lines in the jungles of Malaya, blowing up trains, bridges and enemy soldiers,...
Sir Fitzroy Maclean
"On one occasion, while trying to mine Benghazi harbour, Maclean posed as an Italian officer and, in fluent Italian, roundly berated the sentries for inattention while mounting sentry duty. Seemingly...
Sir Fitzroy Maclean
"On one occasion, while trying to mine Benghazi harbour, Maclean posed as an Italian officer and, in fluent Italian, roundly berated the sentries for inattention while mounting sentry duty. Seemingly...