Thank you Paul and Gavin. Excellent. This gives me an answer to just where my dad fought in one place. Operation Tombola and further,thank you very much.
A great presentation. Gavin is a mine information and captivating to listen to. My mother’s cousin was in second SAS HQ battalion in 1944 in France. I think he was active in the Dijon area of France. Have you got any future plans to do a presentation about their role there?
Excellent show. Harry Poat was an old boy from my school and also a friend of my grandparents post war when they were both tomato growers in Guernsey. Sadly I only have a vague recollection of him as I was only 11 when Harry died. Gavin's comment of him looking like Ronald Coleman as my grandmother mentioned that.
Another fantastic presentation from Gavin and yourself, thank you both. Totally enjoyed hearing about my "Victor" comic book hero's when I was growing up.
Just received Gavin’s “The Long Range Desert Group in World War II” this book contains some fantastic photographs and ordered his “The SAS in Occupied France”
@ throughout the war. Like in overall of the missions/operations. I saw a video before where special units canoed up a river to blow up some ships. Where i think 4 out of 5 canoes got killed or mia.
Respectfully, I’m not sure Paul is correct about Churchill. By Churchill‘s own estimation he drank a quart of spirits per day, mostly in the form of liquor. I don’t think the record disputes reports of his appetite for libations; rather, I think what’s being disagreed upon is what constitutes “drunk”. When people say that he was drunk throughout the day, I don’t think anybody means that he was falling down it walking into walls or, as Paul suggests, unable to properly attend meetings. But a quart of liquor if it’s spread throughout the day- which he certainly did do, taking Champaign at lunch, brandy after every meal, wine with dinner, etc.- is absolutely enough to fail a driving test at any point in a given day. Churchill drank. A lot.
I'm not disputing the fact he drank a lot, but it very rarely seemed to affect his cognitive abilities. I was referring the Churchill haters who say he was a drunkard
Thank yous for telling the truth about Robert Blair (Paddy) Mayne. For anybody who's interested. Check out Peter Forbes talk on him. Respect from Republican and Nationalist West Belfast. ✌🇮🇪
Absolutely fantastic stuff chaps .. Makes you wonder how many ex SAS and SBS after the war actually became a hired gun.. Even today reckon there must be certain indeviduals that enjoy smacking a baddy..
Thank you Paul and Gavin. Excellent. This gives me an answer to just where my dad fought in one place. Operation Tombola and further,thank you very much.
Still catching up missed episodes, this one is a top presentation by Gavin, thank you both. Another new operation to me
Fantastic! :)
Thanks for sharing!
Enjoyed the excellent presentation and discussion. Thank you Paul and Gavin!
Wow, Gavin is captivating to listen to. Looking forward to hearing him again down the track.
Yep, he's always great. I think this was his 4th appearance on the channel
SAS & Paddy Mayne, always a delight to hear something about it 😀
Absolutely top notch gents thanks a million 👍🏻👍🏻
Paddy Mayne, follow that !
What a guy. (that's all you have to say) Thank you WW2TV for the continuous excellent presentations. Thank you
Really enjoyed this one 👍🏻
A great presentation. Gavin is a mine information and captivating to listen to. My mother’s cousin was in second SAS HQ battalion in 1944 in France. I think he was active in the Dijon area of France. Have you got any future plans to do a presentation about their role there?
Woody an excellent presentation and your footage help understand the terrain and the battery
Got sucked into a board meeting. Still was able to audit the entire show. WOW! This is a GR8 1, will definitely be viewing again and reviewing.
Excellent show. Harry Poat was an old boy from my school and also a friend of my grandparents post war when they were both tomato growers in Guernsey. Sadly I only have a vague recollection of him as I was only 11 when Harry died. Gavin's comment of him looking like Ronald Coleman as my grandmother mentioned that.
Another fantastic presentation from Gavin and yourself, thank you both. Totally enjoyed hearing about my "Victor" comic book hero's when I was growing up.
Just received Gavin’s “The Long Range Desert Group in World War II” this book contains some
fantastic photographs and ordered his “The SAS in Occupied France”
Fantastic presentation Woody and Gavin.
Brilliant
"We can distract ourselves" from Ww3 by talking about Ww2.
What was the difference in death ratio compared to ‘regular’ infantry units?
In what context? Specifically the first day of Husky or throughout the war?
@ throughout the war.
Like in overall of the missions/operations.
I saw a video before where special units canoed up a river to blow up some ships. Where i think 4 out of 5 canoes got killed or mia.
SF casualties are almost certainly higher than average. I guess you are talking about Operations Jaywick and Rimau?
@ ua-cam.com/video/Y0wrO_PZZzY/v-deo.htmlsi=EvzlYMDD3fAnepYL
I saw this video. With only two survivors, whole units just didnt make it i guess.
Respectfully, I’m not sure Paul is correct about Churchill. By Churchill‘s own estimation he drank a quart of spirits per day, mostly in the form of liquor. I don’t think the record disputes reports of his appetite for libations; rather, I think what’s being disagreed upon is what constitutes “drunk”. When people say that he was drunk throughout the day, I don’t think anybody means that he was falling down it walking into walls or, as Paul suggests, unable to properly attend meetings. But a quart of liquor if it’s spread throughout the day- which he certainly did do, taking Champaign at lunch, brandy after every meal, wine with dinner, etc.- is absolutely enough to fail a driving test at any point in a given day.
Churchill drank. A lot.
I'm not disputing the fact he drank a lot, but it very rarely seemed to affect his cognitive abilities. I was referring the Churchill haters who say he was a drunkard
@@WW2TVAh. Well, anybody who’s a Churchill hater doesn’t know what they’re on about anyway. :)
Thank yous for telling the truth about Robert Blair (Paddy) Mayne.
For anybody who's interested. Check out Peter Forbes talk on him.
Respect from Republican
and Nationalist West Belfast. ✌🇮🇪
I wrote in Woody as a candidate and voted for him for president.
This yank welcomes the distraction!
Woody showed the way ✌️
Absolutely fantastic stuff chaps ..
Makes you wonder how many ex SAS and SBS after the war actually became a hired gun..
Even today reckon there must be certain indeviduals that enjoy smacking a baddy..