{"id":25633,"date":"2023-06-04T08:40:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T06:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=232595"},"modified":"2023-06-04T10:11:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T08:11:35","slug":"the-sas-in-ww2-everything-you-wanted-to-know","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/the-sas-in-ww2-everything-you-wanted-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"The SAS in WW2: everything you wanted to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Joshua Levine tackles listener questions about the origins of Britain\u2019s most famous special forces unit <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Jon Bauckham\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 04 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The SAS \u2013 or Special Air Service \u2013 is Britain\u2019s elite special forces unit. Founded in the deserts of North Africa during the Second World War, it has become famous across the globe for the physical and mental toughness of its recruits. But who was responsible for its creation? What was its original purpose? And what impact did a parachuting padre have on the morale of its men in the aftermath of D-Day? Author and broadcaster Joshua Levine answers listener questions on the SAS during the Second World War, in conversation with Jon Bauckham.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-232595-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/sasww2-4413fd1.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/sasww2-4413fd1.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/05\/sasww2-4413fd1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Joshua Levine is the author of <em>SAS: The Illustrated History of the SAS<\/em> (William Collins, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/p\/books\/sas-an-illustrated-history-of-the-sas-during-the-second-world-war-joshua-levine\/7104728?aid=10694&amp;ean=9780008549954&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/SAS-Illustrated-History-During-Second\/dp\/0008549958\/ref=asc_df_0008549958\/?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=606682156008&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=12625238289494738680&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=1006715&amp;hvtargid=pla-1760354823004&amp;psc=1&amp;th=1&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">Buy now on Amazon<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/sas\/joshua-levine\/9780008549954&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\">Buy now on Waterstones<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Help us develop the HistoryExtra podcast offering by taking part in our latest research:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/immediateinsiders.com\/uc\/admin\/b7a7\/?a=1&amp;b=&amp;c=3&quot;\">Get started now<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Joshua Levine tackles listener questions about the origins of Britain\u2019s most famous special forces unit <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":25634,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/the-sas-in-ww2-everything-you-wanted-to-know.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/the-sas-in-ww2-everything-you-wanted-to-know-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/the-sas-in-ww2-everything-you-wanted-to-know-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/the-sas-in-ww2-everything-you-wanted-to-know.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/the-sas-in-ww2-everything-you-wanted-to-know.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/the-sas-in-ww2-everything-you-wanted-to-know.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/the-sas-in-ww2-everything-you-wanted-to-know.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Joshua Levine tackles listener questions about the origins of Britain\u2019s most famous special forces unit","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/25633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}