SAS Italian Job: The Rogue Mission To Storm A Nazi Fortress | Secret War

Published 2024-06-15
With the Allied advance in northern Italy stalled in late 1944 the SOE prepared an attack on German military headquarters in the region. When London called the plans off at the last minute, leaders had to decide - to comply with the order, or defy it.

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All Comments (21)
  • So glad I lucked onto this movie. What a very special breed of men and their two main leaders. Humbly and sincerely thankful for their service.
  • I've finished watching this video, was sitting thinking how I can remember this.
    It suddenly hit me ,the piper in the story is a old fellow from my home town his name was Davie (the mad piper)Kirkpatrick he was very good friend of mine.
  • @dolphfren
    My Dad (God rest his soul) fought in the campaign for the Poe Valley his company provided artillery support for
    The 10th Mountain Division
  • being a huge WW2 buff I thought I knew pretty much every secret mission that was done, but this was news to me. Man, they just don't make men like that generation anymore
  • Awesome Intro….!
    Great Unknown Operational Mission that was performed by true Men….!
  • @keithw1885
    These Guys & Gals are so bad a**. I love watching these special forces documentaries. 😀
  • @jorggruhl709
    Very interesting documentary and also good told.
    But!
    The music is much to loud. The narrating voices are virtually swallowed by the music, that should actually keep in the background.
  • @johnrudy9404
    John here in NJ. Our boys were tough, but SAS is legendary. Nice to hear the term OPERATOR used. These guys need very baggy pants to walk with a set that big.😮
  • @713devereux
    Really interesting documentary, the Italian campaign is one of the least I know about.
  • I’ve seen this one before and it was worth another watch. I always believed that there were always good Germans and Russians. I mean it shows right there. It’s just common decency. I’m glad to have been born an American of Native American and Immigrant blood. It keeps my perspective on the right track.
  • @BrasherFox
    Addendums, David Sterling was a Major when he formed the SAS not a Colonel and known to Rommel as The Phantom Major, The LRDG, (Long Range Desert Group), was a totally different group, who co-operated with the SAS on numerous occasions but was not a part of the SAS. The LRDG provided transport and escape for the SAS in the early part but was a different group but had extensive knowledge of desert terrain and navigation. Men like those where and still are unique and much valued then and now.
  • It was an informative and wonderful historical coverage video about Tambo operation.....video showed how British intelligences exploited all kinds of resistance groups and directed them in favor of Allies.
  • @searcaig
    Such a pleasure to watch and listen to this amazing adventure narrated by a human instead of some AI generated POS that can't pronounce words properly.