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SAS Specific Sites

The Winged Dagger
Site of 1st Regiment Commander George Mai 
We have some SAS brethren in France 
Blair "Paddy" Mayne memorial site. Great site for info.
History of the SAS during WW2 with info on the SAS and it's organization.
A link to the Special Forces UK site

Other Commonwealth Units

The brave lads of the LRDG
For the Para or Glider chap, try the Ox and Bucks.
Here is a link to a UK unit, the 21st Ind. Para. Co.

Kit Suppliers

The FinalRV shop in Hereford
Castle Keep
Lost Battalions
What Price Glory
Stan Wolcott's Lucky Forward
King and Country

Additional Research materials: (Books and Videos)

SAS Specific:
* not all World War II specific (SAS standards have remained constant. Other period books for referencing.)
Cooper, Johnny.  One of the Originals.  Autobiography of a Founding Member of "L" Detachment
Draman, Peter.  A-Z of the SAS.  (Probably the best encyclopedia of the SAS.  May only be available in UK.) 
Geraghty, Tony.  Inside the SAS (also titled "Who Dares Wins")
Kemp, Anthony.  The SAS at War 1941-1945
and  SAS, Savage Wars of Peace 1945-Present
(First title is concerned mostly with  WWII Operations.  Second title covers WWII through the 1980's and has excellent photos which may be utilized in equipping our members.)

Kennedy, Michael Paul. He Who Dares
Hunter, Robin. True Stories of the SAS (includes WW II operations)
Cowles, Virginia. The Phantom Major (WW II specific)
Jeapes, Tony. SAS Secret War
Shortt, James G.  The Special Air Service.  Osprey Men at Arms Series.
Welsted, Ian.  SAS: With the Maquis.  (Written by one of the Officers who took part in Operation Houndsworth)
McCue, Paul.  SAS: Operation Bulbasket.
McNab, Andy.  Immediate Action
McNab, Andy Bravo Two Zero
Hoe, Alan.  David Stirling
Warner, Philip.  Phantom.  (GHQ & Liason Regiment)

Others:

 Blandford, Edmund L.  Hitlers Second Army:  The Waffen SS.
Cookridge, E.H.  Inside SOE
Cookridge, E.H. They Came From the Sky
Dunnigan, James.  Dirty Little Secrets of WWII
Hastings, Max.  Das Reich:  The March of the Second SS Panzer Division Through France.  ( gives the German view of Operation Bulbasket.)
Ponting, Clive:  Armageddon:  The Reality Behind the Distortions, Myths, Lies and Illusions of WWII.
Ryan, Cornelius.  The Longest Day

Films:
The Longest Day.  French SAS appear in para drop linking up with Resistance and blow up German train in one of the segments of the film.
Cockleshell Heroes.  True story of Royal Marine raid in WWII
The Hill.  Portrays of British soldiers in a disciplinary camp in North Africa in WWII
Final Option.   Deals with SAS in 1980s.  Based on Iranian Embassy Siege

 

 

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