Hello and welcome to another episode of the World War II podcast I'm Angus Wallace

the SAS made their name in the deserts of North Africa

but less well known is after that they continued to fight in the

Mediterranean theatre carrying out raiding missions in advance of Operation Husky, invasion of

Sicily and then operating behind enemy lines in the Italian

campaign.

For this episode, I'm joined by Malcolm Tudor.

Malcolm's father actually fought in Italy during World War II

and his Italian mother's family worked with the Partisans and aided escaped Allied prisoners of war. Malcolm is also the author of S. A.S in Italy

1943 1945. But before I start I'd like to take a moment to thank all those people who have become

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Malcolm, thanks for joining me.

Let's get started if we go back to the original SES unit in North Africa.

How was it used?

What was the original idea behind it?

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