2SAS: Bill Stirling and the forgotten special forces unit of World War II

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The hijacker was captured alive with no shots fired, the only casualty being a SAS soldier who was bitten by a police dog as he left the airliner. SAS Regiment was formed by the renaming of the Joint Reserve Reconnaissance Unit, which itself had succeeded M. David Stirling, who was by that time sometimes referred to as the "Phantom Major" by the Germans, [ citation needed] was captured in January 1943 in the Gabès area by a special anti-SAS unit set up by the Germans.

With David Stirling captured and Paddy Mayne now in charge of the SAS, their attention must turn from the conflict in North Africa to mainland Europe.Of the original 55 men, some 34 were killed, wounded or captured far from the target, after being blown off course or landing in the wrong area, during one of the biggest storms to hit the region.

His father had land, money and status, but when he died in 1932 they passed to his brother Bill, the firstborn of his six children. Woodhouse's first assignment was to go to Yemen to report on the state of the royalist forces when a cease-fire was declared. Fifty-five men would parachute into the desert and attack five airfields, destroying as many aircraft as they could with Lewes bombs.Following a meeting with Major-General Neil Ritchie, the Deputy Chief of Staff, he was granted an appointment with the new Commander-in-Chief Middle East, General Claude Auchinleck. Further new cast members for series two include Paolo De Vita (Anonymous, La Grande Guerra del Salento), Anna Manuelli (Blocco 181, Pezzi unici), Edward Bennett (Industry, Save Me Too) and Matteo Franco.