Hello everyone, welcome to Dan's nose history. I'm just standing on the bridge of a boat,

of a ship looking out on a perfectly smooth mirror-like surface of the sea,

as the moon rises over there in the, on the southeast horizon. I'm here during lockdown,

doing some social isolation on a big boat in the middle of the ocean by myself.

This episode of the history podcast has got nothing whatsoever to do with maritime affairs.

In fact, it's very land-based. We got Damien Lewis back on the podcast that

historian just writes one best-selling smash hit about special forces in World War II after another.

Well, he's only gone and done it again. This time he got a tip off from a member of the

public, one of his fans of our social media. He got a tip off, he looked into it, he pulled on that

thread and what do you know, there's another extraordinary story from the Second World War

of what the special forces, the SAS, were getting up to after D-Day in France. It's a story

of bravery, capture, luck, escape, revenge, heroism, you name it. It's got it all.

You're going to absolutely love it. It's great to have Damien back on the podcast.

Hundreds of you have entered our competition for £100 to spend in the shop.

Please get a history at dot com slash quiz. It's all self-explanatory.

There you get £100 and you can check out the absolutely bizarre history hit shop while you're there.

We're already running low on woolly medieval helmets with retractable face coverings.

It's proving the absolute hot item on the shop this season.

The meantime everyone, enjoy this podcast with Damien Lewis.

Damien, great to have you back on the podcast.

Thank you. It's always good to be on the show and glad it's still all going all bells and

whistles in this very difficult time we're all living through.

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